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What are some of his other anti-science stances? (genuinely curious)

• graeme 12y ago
  There's this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Fear http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Fear Crichton does have a point that computers models are not valid replacements for repeatable, empirical testing of hypotheses. But then he went far, far past what his skeptical attitude supports empirically. He flipped from "we can't prove the anthropocene hypothesis is true" to "it's very false, and funded by a conspiracy of enviro-nuts".
  • brandonmenc 12y ago
    That's still not one of his "other anti-science stances." The original comment implied that along with denying climate change he's also like, an anti-vaxxer, a creationist, or a flat-earther.
    • graeme 12y ago
      Oops. Missing the "along with client-change denial" part in the parent comment. Nothing else comes to mind. Crichton identified himself as an advocate of science, not the opposite. This speech is the other notable place Crichton made specific scientific comments. It's possible he's wrong about some of his claims, but he approaches them from the point of view of a rationalist: https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~scranmer/SPD/crichton.html https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~scranmer/SPD/crichton.html