Posted on 08/30/2013 6:35:29 PM PDT by CedarDave
Throughout history, governments have twisted science to suit a political agenda. Global warming is no different, according to Dr. Richard Lindzen of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Global climate alarmism has been costly to society, and it has the potential to be vastly more costly. It has also been damaging to science, as scientists adjust both data and even theory to accommodate politically correct positions, writes Lindzen in the fall 2013 issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons.
According to Lindzen, scientists make essentially meaningless claims about certain phenomenon. Activists for certain causes take up claims made by scientists and politicians respond to the alarmism spread by activists by doling out more research funding. creating an Iron Triangle of poor incentives.
How can one escape from the Iron Triangle when it produces flawed science that is immensely influential and is forcing catastrophic public policy? Lindzen asks.
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How about horse$#!T!!!!
I have been calling global warming a bad religion since 2007.
http://xenohistorian.faithweb.com/holybook/articles/warming.html
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