| Latest Post: Started By: Rank: Category Thankfully, the anti-science propaganda campaign surrounding man-made climate change seems to have lost some of its effect.Are you seeing storm clouds on the horizon? Two recent studies suggest that the latest anti-science campaign is following its forerunners--the propaganda campaigns attempting to refute science that tobacco causes cancer, that CFC's caused the hole in the ozone layer, and so on—into oblivion. Global warming denial seems to have climbed to a peak in 2010, and global warming acceptance is now climbing. This bodes well for rational public policy. Member Commentsburningdownthehousehow does it feel to be in the last 3.25 percentile of the flat earth movement random? Posted 2 days ago. harryandersonMore people are accepting the scientific consensus. Meanwhile, the consensus grows among climate scientists, albeit slowly. In a new study called “Quantifying the consensus on anthropogenic global warming in the scientific literature” published May 15, scientists looked at 12,000 peer-reviewed climate change papers published by 30,000 authors over 20 years to see what percentage agreed that climate change is caused by humans. “The number of papers rejecting AGW is a miniscule proportion of the published research, with the percentage slightly decreasing over time. Among papers expressing a position on AGW, an overwhelming percentage (97.2% based on self-ratings, 97.1% based on abstract ratings) endorses the scientific consensus on AGW.” Note: the percentage of rejectors declined, albeit slightly. Of the 1200 authors who responded to a request to give an opinion, only 39 rejected the consensus. htt p://iopscience.iop.o rg/1748-9326/8/2/024024/article Posted 3 days ago. RANDOM21A more recent survey of six year olds trusted the Tooth Fairy by a higher majority than the Easter Bunny. 19 years and people have caught on. These trusted scientists sell themselves to the highest bidder. Posted 3 days ago. burningdownthehouseAsked in whom they trust, more Americans in 1994 professed great confidence in scientists and doctors than in any other professionals, including Supreme Court Justices and--by nearly five to one--journalists. Researchers owe their prestige to the image of science as an altruistic and trustworthy enterprise, generating reliable knowledge for the benefit of all humanity. Recently, however, a number of prominent scientists have begun voicing an alarm that increasing secrecy among academic researchers is delaying progress, diverting resources, suppressing good ideas and, most worrisome, undermining the credibility--and thus usefulness--of science as a whole Posted 3 days ago. RANDOM21Versus intellectuals that want to keep their grants coming and don't know which ends up? Those hypocrites that stir the pot and then sell out to evil hydrocarbon producers when the money's right, laughing at their believers. Posted 3 days ago. burningdownthehouseyou really can't get much more stupid or you'll start to float. Posted 3 days ago. burningdownthehouseno, was showing you deniers exactly where it is you get your "facts" from, businessmen paying a fortune to keep you stupid. Posted 3 days ago. RANDOM21Thought you were now selling fifteen year old magazine subscriptions without the promise of a big check. Funny the article dates from the same time as the bull started piling up. Coincidence? Also don't believe in coincidence. Posted 4 days ago. burningdownthehouseso did any of your read the link? Is that why the deniers are silent now? Posted 4 days ago. burningdownthehouse*******www .sciamdigital. com/index.cfm?fa=Products.ViewIssuePreview&ARTICLEID_CHAR=4EB72DBB-4824-4DED-844E-54575C11286 Posted 8 days ago. burningdownthehouseI can read very well thank you. Care to try again to clarify what freedoms are being stolen from you? Posted 18 days ago. burningdownthehouseI'll ask again What freedoms are "being stolen" from you? I am pretty sure I answered all of your worries with actual facts, could you please answer mine with the same? Posted 19 days ago. burningdownthehouseImagination, that is all that you've shown. I'll ask again What freedoms are "being stolen" from you? Posted 19 days ago. burningdownthehouse1) There is nothing stopping you from buying a crown vic. 2)It's a regular small fries as it has always been. might want to blame McDonalds for their shrinking in size food stuffs. 3)yes, most part time workers will have no insurance because "the company" is cutting their hours so they won't have to pay a little more for better and healthier employees. If they could pay their workers $38 a month and force them to work in a crumbling building here in America, they would. Were it not for unions, that's exactly how it would already be. 4)Yes, it's called public education. If you wish to have your godcentric schooling, you pay for it. 5)You sure can build a new coal fired plant, but you will have to abide by the rules. just like everyone else. 6)I don't see anyone telling you not to say illegal alien. did they bang on your door and silence you somehow? Your "list" doesn't show you losing or having any freedoms taken from you. while you have a vary vivid imagin Posted 19 days ago. IthinkWe are not "giving up" freedoms. They are being stolen from us. We no longer have the basic right to lead our own lives, make our own decisions, and spend our hard earned money as we choose. The power grabs of the Obama administration have turned us into environmental slaves. Can you decide to buy a large sized comfortable car that your grandma can get in and out of? Can you buy your child a Happy Meal with more than 3 French fries in it??? Can you pay your own medical bills and not be forced to have insurance? Can you send your child to required schools and know that history facts are taught instead of socialist ideology? Can anyone build a new power plant and power it with coal??? He tries to control our speech. ( Don't say illegal immigrant, anymore,folks) The list could go on forever. Posted 19 days ago. Post a Comment |