On Dec 28, 2007 11:29 AM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1. The discoverer pitches the claim directly to the media.
An inconvenient truth. > 2. The discoverer says that a powerful establishment is trying to suppress > his or her work. All "Deniers" are paid for by big oil. > 3. The scientific effect involved is always at the very limit of detection. Trust us, we can't prove it, we just know. > 4. Evidence for a discovery is anecdotal. Disappearing ice caps, random ice core samples and Hurricane Katrina should be proof enough. > 5. The discoverer says a belief is credible because it has endured for > centuries. N/A > 6. The discoverer has worked in isolation. N/A > 7. The discoverer must propose new laws of nature to explain an observation. That is global warming. > How so? There is a fair amount of very reliable science that support his > views. But I guess that groups such as the AAAS and NAS are just fringe > organizations who have no scientific credibility, since their so-called > science contradicts the right-wingnut ideology. > > >Al Gore gets a five out of seven :) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:249261 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
