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| Scientists Now Being Coerced To Sign 'Loyalty Oath' To MMGW Theory |
| 2009-12-11 |
The Met Office, Britain's national weather service, "has embarked on an urgent exercise to bolster the reputation of climate-change science" in the wake of a whistle-blower's revelation of widespread misconduct by climate scientists, London's Times reports:More than 1,700 scientists have agreed to sign a statement defending the "professional integrity" of global warming research. They were responding to a round-robin request from the Met Office, which has spent four days collecting signatures. The concept of scientists--or journalists, or artists--signing a petition is ludicrous. The idea is that they are lending their authority to whatever cause the petition represents--but in fact they are undermining that authority, which is based on the presumption that they think for themselves. The problem with the petition as a form is also a problem with the Met Office petition's substance. The purpose of the petition is to shore up scientists' authority by vouching for their integrity. But signing a loyalty oath under pressure from the government is itself a corrupt act. Anyone who signs this petition thereby raises doubts about his own integrity. And once again, the question arises: Why should any layman regard global warmism as credible when the "consensus" rests on political machinations, statistical tricks and efforts to suppress alternative hypotheses? To be sure, Joseph McCarthy was right about communism even though the ways he combated it were wrong and counterproductive. But that's all the more reason that honest scientists who view global warmism as credible--if such creatures exist--should rise up against these McCarthyite tactics. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose |
| #12 TOPIX > UN BODIES WANT US$60BILYUHN TO MONITOR...EVERYTHING [Lands, Seas, Air = Space?]! versus WORLD NEWS > GHORMLEY: CLIMATE LAW IMPORTANT FOR STATES' DUTIES. MMGW-Cooling "CLIMATE CHANGE" > catalyst for NEW [Global] SOCIALISM now also GEOPOLITICS That Guy from Guam > D *** NG IT, THE HELL YOU SAY! SAY IT TAINT SO! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-12-11 09:09 |
| #11 TOPIX > UN BODIES WANT US$60BILYUHN TO MONITOR...EVERYTHING [Lands, Seas, Air = Space?]! versus WORLD NEWS > GHORMLEY: CLIMATE LAW IMPORTANT FOR STATES' DUTIES. MMGW-Cooling "CLIMATE CHANGE" > catalyst for NEW [Global] SOCIALISM now also GEOPOLITICS That Guy from Guam > D *** NG IT, THE HELL YOU SAY! SAY IT TAINT SO! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-12-11 09:09 |
| #10 Heard an interview on the radio the other morning. The weatherbabe being interviewd flat out said that if she spoke against MMGW, "they" would take away her (American Meteorological Society?) seal, thus depriving her of her livelihood.... |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2009-12-11 08:44 |
| #9 ION PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > [FT Artic]BRITISH EXPOSE TRUE INTENTION OF COPENHAGEN SUMMIT: POPULATION REDUCTION. World must adopt China's "One-Child" Policy. WORLD ALL COUNTRIES must drastically reduce their national Populations impose stringent Conservation measures. versus CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > [UN World Bank Report]TERRIFYING WATER CRISES FACING INDIA, MOST CITIES TO RUN DRY, by Year 2020 or shortly afterwards??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-12-11 08:34 |
| #8 This is nothing new to the scientific community. They once discredited anyone who argued that the world was round. Nothing new with this elitist community. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2009-12-11 03:27 |
| #7 There is a profoundly insightful editorial today by Krauthammer on precisely this topic. I found it a perfect explaination for the "watermelon" effect- Green on the outside-red inside. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2009-12-11 14:13 |
| #6 Don't know about youz guyz, but for me it's not just the substance of this scandal/fiasco (which I have regarded as such for many years, not just since CRUgate), but the utter collapse of critical intelligence and integrity it implies about the broader "educated" community in developed nations, that I find devastating. The intellectual/moral collapse of the institutions rests of course on a parallel collapse among a large swath of the populace - in this case the "educated" swath. My views on all this are too dark to even express here - which is saying something. |
| Posted by: Verlaine 2009-12-11 12:05 |
| #5 Glad to see it's all about the science...not about a fundamentalist religious belief or a totalitarian ideology.... |
| Posted by: Cornsilk Blondie 2009-12-11 11:05 |
| #4 Well at least the tithe collectors aren't considering the rack for heretics who challenge the faith. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2009-12-11 10:41 |
| #3 Sign THIS or you can forget about those research grants. Do I make myself clear? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-12-11 08:55 |
| #2 Conversion by the sword of the new religion. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-12-11 08:32 |
| #1 T. D. Lysenko, please come to the white courtesy phone. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2009-12-11 00:53 |