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It isn't about facts or "truth" or "99.9% of scientists saying" we are screwed. That isn't how science/engineering works, its how politics works. Perhaps that i
by nonbel 8y ago
It isn't about facts or "truth" or "99.9% of scientists saying" we are screwed. That isn't how science/engineering works, its how politics works. Perhaps that is why there is difficulty communicating across the gap.
Do you have a source for that last one by the way (99.9 % of scientists saying we are screwed)?
- lifeformed 8y agoInfo: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0270467617707079?journalCode=bsta https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/027046761770707... And the paper itself: https://www.dropbox.com/s/j0roqfsrx4tz4nd/Powell-2015.pdf?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/j0roqfsrx4tz4nd/Powell-2015.pdf?dl...
- nonbel 8y agoCan you quote the part of the paper where you think it claims "99.9% of scientists [are] saying that we're screwed." I just looked and didn't see it.