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> 47 percent of scientists at the National Park Service and 35 percent at the Environmental Protection Agency report they had been asked to omit the phrase "cli
by eitland 8y ago
> 47 percent of scientists at the National Park Service and 35 percent at the Environmental Protection Agency report they had been asked to omit the phrase "climate change" from their work.
I guess a certain percentage of those who asked scientists to do that did it for the same reason I dislike many (but certainly not all) blockchain initiatives: it has been bolted on a something where it didn't belong just to "profit" (or profit in the case of blockchains) from something that is hyped by the media.
Climate change is serious, but it detracts from important work when people are abusing those words to get funding for other unrelated research.
- kaitai 8y agoI have to say, parks and the environment are, ah, pretty impacted by climate... Why do you think that discussion of climate is "bolted on" to parks/environment unnecessarily?
- eitland 8y agoIf you read carefully you might notice that I don't say everyone does, but I fully expect scientists to be smart enough to add those magic words to anything they want to study. Source: I'm an engineer, I fully expect scientists to outperform me in this ;-)
- jonhendry18 8y ago"I'm an engineer" "I guess a certain percentage of those who asked scientists" Is guessing what engineers do now? I hope I never use anything you worked on.
- DuskStar 8y agoFermi estimates are also known as "guessing with extra steps", but that doesn't mean they aren't useful.