Comments Posted By Richard Emworth
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"Instead of engaging in debate on the scientific merits of the Climate Change proponents, many are apt to simply dismiss the findings of eminent scientists as a “hoax.”"
Apparently you are not aware of such things as "Piltdown Man" and a myriad of other scientific hoaxes. When something is fraudulent, such as the "global warming" hysteria or it's 1970s predecessor the "global cooling" panic, it would anti-intellectual and dishonest to _not_ point out the fraud. Call it what you will out of politcal correctness, but a hoax by any other name is still a hoax.
A hoax is a deliberate attempt to deceive. And yes, I've heard of Piltdown man - an elaborate hoax that could never happen today due to the much more sophisticated analysis used on archeological finds. Same holds true for your "myriad of other" hoaxes - most of which occurred in the 19th century. (Please don't list modern hoaxes for me. There are exceptions to every rule.)
As I say above, simply because scientists are wrong headed and stubbornly refuse to examine alternative evidence makes them bad scientists - not hoaxers.
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Comment Posted By Richard Emworth On 26.12.2008 @ 18:55
