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Paranoid drivel. Why on Earth would these brave maverick scientists of yours choose to remain part of scientific and university communities that are so corrupt?
by hhas01 7y ago
Paranoid drivel. Why on Earth would these brave maverick scientists of yours choose to remain part of scientific and university communities that are so corrupt? Surely if they’ve any principles they’d be first out the door!
It’s not like they need to fight for academic grant money when they can go tap Big Oil any time they like. Also plenty of governments who’d like to hear everything’s fine, nothing to see, business as usual.
Heck, even climate scientists, being purely pragmatic, would like to be wrong. After all, they live on this rock too, so it’s not like they want this for their kids.
Nobody wants climate change. Nobody likes climate change. But the best science says that’s what’s happening, so deal. Or ignore it; your choice. But don’t lie about it; because, honestly, you’re absolutely rubbish at it and fooling no-one but yourself.
- Udik 7y agoNobody wants climate change, it's true. But do you really believe that the scientists who have become public advocates for climate change mitigation, that have contributed building the international climate research organism that was awarded a Nobel prize, and whose research ends up regularly on the front page of international newspapers and shapes the decisions of world politicians in economic matters- do you really think these people are putting all their daily effort in proving themselves wrong? They're human beings like everyone else, they become invested in their own ideas. And the stronger the message, the harder it is to be completely dispassionate about it. This is not to say they're wrong. But I strongly doubt that many of them would be looking for signs that climate change is not that bad after all.