Comments on: Why did so few scientists attend the Heartland Institutes’s 2008 International Conference on Climate Change?

By: Dana1981, Master of Science

Dana1981, Master of Science — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:36:59 +0000

Hey you stole this question from me.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=As51esLbobIHNR73Q9Efqv_sy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20080304152749AAFBpKe

The reason of course was that

a) this was not a real scientific conference, but simply a PR stunt by the right-wing think tank Heartland Institute.

b) virtually no climate scientists think the consensus is wrong.

http://www.logicalscience.com/consensus/consensus.htm

For those who think the credentials of the speakers were impressive, why do you think theologians, economists, geographers, botanists, biologists, right-wing policy strategists, statistical consultants, TV weathermen, petroleum engineers, etc. know more about climate science than climate scientists?

Are all scientists equal? I’m an environmental scientist with degrees in physics. I haven’t studied medical science at all, but since you think all scientists are equal, would you trust me to diagnose your illnesses and operate on you? If not, why would you trust a geographer’s opinion on climate science instead of a climatologist’s?

The answer is simple – a person in denial will listen to anybody who says what he wants to hear.
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no apology necessary

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:59:59 +0000

Having done a fair amount of work in my own field of research, I usually correct anybody who uses the term "scientist" by mistake while in my presence. It doesn’t mean anything neccessarily does it? I hate the word "expert" too if it isn’t accompanied by the field and area of expertise.

Nobody but a shrinking minority of nuts like those who post here and the painfully uninformed doubts this anymore, and I bet the "Flat Earth Society" has more than 19 "scientists" in their corner too (but no astronomers, cosmologists, etc. Probably some nutritionists and such).
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By: kathy_is_a_nurse

kathy_is_a_nurse — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:38:59 +0000

Sounds like fear to me. Researchers/Scientists, as a group, are a very skittish lot. They live in perpetual fear… Fear of having their grant money cut off… Fear of losing tenure… Fear of their Liberal peers ostracizing them due to any perceived "heresy" that goes against the accepted norm… Etc. When they were asked to come forward and get their picture taken, that was too much of a risk for many.

Edit: Who doesn’t recognize that the most VOCAL scientists believe in manmade global warming? Have you ever heard of the "silent majority?" My point is that the scientific community is set up to put such significant PRESSURE on scientists to comply that they are AFRAID to question accepted theories.

That is not something I’d be proud of if I were you.
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By: Brad the Fox

Brad the Fox — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:17:59 +0000

Did you even read the bios that you attached? They all had some pretty sound qualifications.

Either way, I think the controversy will come to an end pretty soon. The Earth cooled enough in the past year to make up for the past 100 years of warming, signifying a global cooling cycle. I’m guessing the libs will chalk this up to a decrease in CO2 caused by the destruction of rain forests.
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http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Blogs&ContentRecord_id=5ceaedb7-802a-23ad-4bfe-9e32747616f9

By: madskier1

madskier1 — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:40:59 +0000

Guess they didn't want an "AL GORE 2000" bumper sticker?
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By: Fox Mulder

Fox Mulder — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:11:59 +0000

"Why do you think so few climate scientists attended this conference?" Because it was a sham and not a conference about Climate Change at all.
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By: Think 1st

Think 1st — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:28:59 +0000

Apparently real scientists do not read Thomas Sowell’s op-ed drivel.
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http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell022808.php3

By: MJJ

MJJ — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:48:59 +0000

Because global warming is a crock of sh*!.
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By: Dr.John L

Dr.John L — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:06:59 +0000

Because the conference was a partisan, neocon fraud
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By: Mel

Mel — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:20:59 +0000

Sounds to me like the Scientist think it is a pile of it including Gore.
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