I was surprised to see Seitz's name associated with this nonsense, but a quick check on Wikipedia confirmed that he is one of the way-out skeptics (as well as on whether smoking causes cancer). This is a sad state of affairs. What gets into these people?
I sometimes wonder whether this is a uniquely American phenomenon. I never ran into creationists and the like in Canada, and certainly not in Europe. There are lots of fanatical Europeans, but they seem to steer clear of scientific issues. Bill Silvert Portugal ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ruhland, Christopher T" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 9:21 PM Subject: Re: misinformation portrayed as science > I (along with every other member of my department) received a mailing that > = > included this "article " yesterday. The mailer included a petition > against= > climate change research. In addition there was a short letter from Dr. > Fr= > ederick Seitz (former president of the National Academy of Sciences) > urging= > me to sign this petition.
