Bishop Hill The bigotry of the consensus
May 16, 2014 Climate: Sceptics Greens The Bengtsson affair continues to generate outrage from normal people and a curious mix of insanity and bigotry from upholders of the global warming consensus.
The story is being widely reported in the MSM as well as on news aggregators like Drudge. The Times has an important new angle:
In an echo of the infamous “Climategate” scandal at the University of East Anglia, one of the world’s top academic journals rejected the work of five experts after a reviewer privately denounced it as “harmful”.
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Professor Bengtsson’s paper ... suggested that the climate might be much less sensitive to greenhouse gases than had been claimed by the IPCC in its report last September, and recommended that more work be carried out “to reduce the underlying uncertainty”.
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A scientist asked by the journal to assess the paper under the peer review process wrote that he strongly advised against publishing it because it was “less than helpful”.
The unnamed scientist concluded: “Actually it is harmful as it opens the door for oversimplified claims of ‘errors’ and worse from the climate sceptics media side.”
Meanwhile, this is the response of Bart Verheggen:
Would it be McCarthyism if evolutionary biologists expressed dismay about a colleague joining the Creationist Institute?
It's amazing when you think about it: Verheggen is in essence saying that if you disagree with him about climate sensitivity (which is in essence the only scientific difference between him and GWPF) then you are equivalent to a creationist. If ever someone damned themselves out of their own mouths as a close-minded bigot then this is it.
And he is in good (if that's the correct term) company. Peter Gleick's view is this:
Sailor joins flat earth society; doesn't understand why shipmates won't sail with him?
...while Roddy Campbell points us to the charming views of Andrew Dessler:
Lennart Bengtsson resigns from @TheGWPF. He seems confused, which is consistent with him joining in the first place. That's emeritus!
And Graham Linehan, a much-followed woolly-liberal commentator has this to say:
Aren't Times journalists embarrassed? It's like they're still publishing David Irving. A proud history of denialism they've got going there
These people have completely lost the plot. Their minds are so closed that there is nowhere for the conspiracy theories to get out.
Reader Comments (57)
bartje egghead is not the sharpest tool in the drawer
His VS saga and his utter dunciness at the time (and since then) are a good testimony to that
the phd counter of dust particles that took a good lesson
If an evolutionary biologist can join a creationist society, it tells more about the uniqueness of evolutionary biological evidence than it does about the man.
When the same data can be used to come to opposite conclusions we should all stand back and look at both evidence and conclusions: we might find a third conclusion more satisfactory.
On a light note I'd never thought I would see the day when meteorologists would be beating the XXXp out of each other hahaha. On a more serious note you can safely calculate that the "science" warmist are nearly all within the 24 to 35 year old bracket. Undoubtedly as they approach 40 to 50 or mature, they will all be either out of a job or 100% skeptics. It happens all the time
From Polar Bear Science:
Climate bullying echoes the expulsion of Mitch Taylor from Polar Bear Specialist Group
http://polarbearscience.com/2014/05/14/climate-bullying-echoes-the-expulsion-of-mitch-taylor-from-polar-bear-specialist-group/
"Less than helpful" implies a Cause that is to be advanced, and repudiates anyone not signed on. Pathetic.
so how can we honestly claim to understand God’s view, let alone see flaws in it?
May 16, 2014 at 11:55 AM | Registered CommenterRadical Rodent
From time to time the Head Office needs instructing.
"The Establishment Academics are becoming just fascist Marxists hell-bent on manipulating society for personal gain and power."
"Global Warming is another hidden agenda. The politicians are eager to climb on board not to save the world, but to raise taxes. The academics are driven by the money so they can sit in their rooms collect welfare checks for totally worthless nonsense."
Google:
Global Warming Fascist Movement & Academic Welfare
Obama killed the 'Constellation' program and has NASA budget concentrated on proving that AGW exists and 'Muslim Outreach'.