society has never been trusting of scientists. However, the same could be said of business with identical survey mechanisms. So what.
This isn't about a bunch of hocus pocus and its not about baseless opinions. ITs about the facts that exist. Period. As for track records of academics, virtually all of our discoveries were by academics. Very few were made by others. Do your homework. Malcolm On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 6:46 PM, Paul Cherubini <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jul 3, 2012, at 10:31 AM, Jerome Joseph Howard wrote: > >> See the Goddard site at >> http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs_v3/. > > > Those graphs also show a flattening of global mean temperatures > over the past decade or so. Therefore the flattening trend > could conceivably continue for another 20-25 years, just > like the 30-35 year flattening trends of 1880-1910 and 1940-1975. > IF the anthropogenic factors that contribute to warming are > relatively minor or moderate in relation to the natural factors > which may well turn out to be the case. > > In view of these uncertainties it is understandable why > industry and agriculture appear to be taking a wait and > see approach instead of making plans for a much warmer > world. > > The track record of academia is not stellar in the minds > of conservatives that run industry and agriculture. > Surveys indicate educated conservatives have grown > increasingly distrustful of scientists (but not science) > http://tinyurl.com/7dkgolp > > > Paul Cherubini > El Dorado, Calif. -- Malcolm L. McCallum Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry School of Biological Sciences University of Missouri at Kansas City Managing Editor, Herpetological Conservation and Biology "Peer pressure is designed to contain anyone with a sense of drive" - Allan Nation 1880's: "There's lots of good fish in the sea" W.S. Gilbert 1990's: Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss, and pollution. 2000: Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction MAY help restore populations. 2022: Soylent Green is People! The Seven Blunders of the World (Mohandas Gandhi) Wealth w/o work Pleasure w/o conscience Knowledge w/o character Commerce w/o morality Science w/o humanity Worship w/o sacrifice Politics w/o principle Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.
