There is a difference between climate science and neoclassical economics.
1. For more than a century, dissenting economists have been purged for reasons other than competency. Has that happened with climate scientists. 2. Depite the purges, there are well-trained economists who dissent. The dissenting climate scientists are not purged, but are subsidized by business interests. On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 12:07:28PM -0600, raghu wrote: > On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 3:27 AM, Gassler Robert <[email protected]> wrote: > > For the last five year or so, I have promised a free A to any student who > > can find five articles in the scientific literature trashing the main ideas > > of climate change. No one has succeeded. > > > > When the profession lines up like that, the rest of us should just take the > > profession's word for it. > > > > > That may be true in this instance, but in general, it is a big, big > mistake to accept authority of any sort without question. > > Isn't this what neo-classical economists crave? For people to > unquestioningly accept what they preach because, after all, they are > the experts on economic questions. Shouldn't that example alone alert > us to the dangers here? > > As I said before, thinking men and women have a responsibility to > study and evaluate scientific claims before accepting them. This is > not easy because, of course, it takes time and effort to learn about > something as complex as climate science. But looking for short-cuts is > dangerous. > -raghu. > > > -- > Never say, "Oops!"; always say, "Ah, interesting!" > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu michaelperelman.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
