Small thoughts - The 16 concerned scientists - who they are

Small thoughts - The 16 concerned scientists - who they are:

The WSJ apparently had an op-ed telling us "no worries" regarding climate change. And if there is anyone I trust to try to shine up horse manure on any subject to a gleaming sheen, it is the WSJ. The link above takes us to a review of who these concerned citizens are, but here is the gist of it:

If it’s an argument from authority these gentlemen want, it’s telling that “[d]espite seven months of intense effort to recruit physicists to sign a politically motivated petition disputing anthropogenic climate change, a mere, 0.45% of the American Physical Society‘s 47,000 members signed on.”

So 99 doctors tell you to quit smoking and get more exercise, but you listen to the one selling supplements instead.

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Doubt is Their Product

Doubt is Their Product:

"Doubt is our product," a cigarette executive once observed, "since it is the best means of competing with the 'body of fact' that exists in the minds of the general public. It is also the means of establishing a controversy."

In this eye-opening exposé, David Michaels reveals how the tobacco industry's duplicitous tactics spawned a multimillion dollar industry that is dismantling public health safeguards. Product defense consultants, he argues, have increasingly skewed the scientific literature, manufactured and magnified scientific uncertainty, and influenced policy decisions to the advantage of polluters and the manufacturers of dangerous products. To keep the public confused about the hazards posed by global warming, second-hand smoke, asbestos, lead, plastics, and many other toxic materials, industry executives have hired unscrupulous scientists and lobbyists to dispute scientific evidence about health risks. In doing so, they have not only delayed action on specific hazards, but they have constructed barriers to make it harder for lawmakers, government agencies, and courts to respond to future threats.

Just bookmarking this for future reference...

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