On climate change, I think the argument is over whether the change is cyclical or not, and who has the burden of proof when advocating shared political and economic changes because of it. I don't think the argument is over whether change has or is happening or not.
When it comes to scientific studies of all kinds, the old adage "Never trust any statistics you haven't manipulated yourself" I have always found to be not very far from the truth. :) On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 10:47 AM, Gogan, James P <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, it's that time of year again, wherein we get the following contact > from one faculty member or staff member (out of tens of thousands of > students, faculty and staff): > > > > " I am an adjunct faculty member and I would like to have a meeting with > someone that is charge of the WiFi system on the UNC-CH campus. I believe > that there is a significant health risk to all students and faculty around > this type of radiation. I would like the opportunity to bring solid research > and professionals before you to present the materials. This cannot be > ignored. The liability is too great to all of the students and faculty." > > > > And just like folks that come up with "scientific studies" that there's no > climate change and the Earth is 7,000 years old, of course he has research > links to back his claims. > > > > Before I go digging out what studies and replies we've used in past years > when this has come up, I was wondering (a) how many of you also have to deal > with this and (b) has there been anything more recent in terms of research > we can point to than what I dug up years ago? > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > -- Jim Gogan / ITS Comm Tech > > Univ of North Carolina at Chapel Hill > > > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
