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The Heretical Freeman Dyson

Posted by Zonk on from the is-he-a-duck-or-a-witch dept.

dublin writes "Big-thinker Freeman Dyson has written a new essay in which he points out the need for heretics in science, and goes on to gore some sacred cows, including global climate change: 'My first heresy says that all the fuss about global warming is grossly exaggerated ... There is no doubt that parts of the world are getting warmer, but the warming is not global ... When I listen to the public debates about climate change, I am impressed by the enormous gaps in our knowledge, the sparseness of our observations and the superficiality of our theories ... All our fashionable worries and all our prevailing dogmas will probably be obsolete in fifty years. My heresies will probably also be obsolete. It is up to [the people of 2070] to find new heresies to guide our way to a more hopeful future.'"

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  1. I've said it once... by thatskinnyguy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Scientists have turned into theoretical zealots. Just because a theory is widely accepted as true, doesn't necessarily make it true. In the same respect, theories widely regarded as false, may be true.

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  2. What's that I hear? by RetroRichie · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Oh, it's the giant sucking sound coming from a Dyson.

    Leave the climate change experts to the climate change scientists, Freeman.

  3. Re:Heretic! by WhiteDragon · · Score: 0, Redundant

    He spoke out against global warming!

    BURN HIM!!!! ah, but won't burning him increase CO2 emissions?
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