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Australia Cuts 110 Climate Scientist Jobs: "The Science is Settled."

Posted by timothy on from the with-or-without-an-apostrophe dept.

An anonymous reader writes: With an ax rather than a scalpel, Australia's federal science agency last week chopped off its climate research arm in a decision that has stunned scientists and left employees dispirited. Why? Because the science is settled, there is no need for more basic research, the government says. No doubt many will experience a case of schadenfreude as they see those who have long claimed "the science is settled" face the inevitable and logical consequence of that stance.

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  1. Re:The basic question is answered...but still... by Mr+D+from+63 · · Score: 5, Funny

    "what will be the effect at different latitudes, what will be the effect on precipitation, what will be the effect on storms"

    We know already. Just read the headlines we see all the time. Its all going to be catastrophically bad, everywhere, for everyone. Cold snaps will be colder. Dry places will be dryer. Wet places will be wetter. Floods will be bigger. Hot places will be hotter. Shorelines will be underwater. Extinctions will be accelerated. Heck, even earthquakes will be quakier.

  2. Re:The basic question is answered...but still... by PopeRatzo · · Score: 5, Funny

    you need to hire economists

    Absolutely not. Economists are not scientists. They are data-free advocates for a world-view. They're the last people you want around any discussion of solutions to a problem.

    Better to have parapsychologists than economists. At least the parapsychologists have a little bit of rigor in their discipline.

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  3. Re:The basic question is answered...but still... by PopeRatzo · · Score: 3, Funny

    Take money away from the people who earned it so we can spend it on ourselves and our friends. Obviously.

    Yes, that's what climate scientists are trying to do. They want to take your money and give it to their friends.

    It must be a burden for you to have such brilliant insights in the face of all the stupid, stupid scientists.

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  4. Re:The basic question is answered...but still... by PopeRatzo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Technically, the climate scientists are the "friends" here, of the politicians who have latched onto this as the latest excuse to take your money and give it to their friends.

    Wait. Let me try to wrap my head around this argument. You're saying that global warming is an excuse for politicians to steal our money so they can give it to climate scientists? Because climate scientists are their buddies?

    I'm speechless. Gobsmacked. Utterly bereft of words to express the stupidity of this argument.

    Let me read what you wrote again, in case I missed something and have got it wrong:

    Technically, the climate scientists are the "friends" here, of the politicians who have latched onto this as the latest excuse to take your money and give it to their friends.

    Nope. That's what you said. I think I need to sit down. This level of stupidity is giving me vertigo.

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