2010/1/24 Michael Lewis <[email protected]>
> I doubt that it takes a book to understand that for-profit corporations and
> right-wing think tanks lobby to get their viewpoints in the mainstream
> press. This is Business as usual.
>
It doesn't "take" a book to understand it. In fact I am certain it can be
understood in many ways. A book is only one of these ways. Similarily, there
are many books about evolution, and while it doesn't take a boot to
understand it, a book can help.
In this case, a book can collect evidence and examples of lobbying that has
taken place, and the people involved. If you don't need that kind of detail
and is completely satisfied just assuming that you already know what's going
on, I'm sure you can live without these books.
> There is no scientific consensus. Science doesn't work that way. There is
> evidence, verification and theory. There is a body of evidence that
> increasingly contradicts the claims of "consensus" scientists and calls to
> question the methodology of large organizations lobbying for AGW
While it's true that science works by theory, prediction, model and
verification, it is also true that there is a consensus on the mechanics of
modern-day climate change.
> The "very same campaign" is the IPCC, Al Gore and mainstream media.
The very same as what, then? This is what I mean. In your hurry to claim
that IPCC, Al Gore and "mainstream media but not fox" are participating in
the "very same campaign", you are simultaneously saying that there is a
campaign that these people can be the "very same" as.
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