Sunday, February 12, 2012

Free speech and academic freedom

If the people who threat and harass climate scientists were to have their way, I fear we would be heading for a world resembling the other side of the iron curtain of 1989

4 comments:

Otter said...

I can only imagine the person who made that comment at surreal climate, has absolutely ZERO sense of irony.

Anonymous said...

This the comment I left there:

"12 Feb 2012 at 3:02 PM

Such behavior is reprehensible. However, the only echo to the Iron Curtain is the Stalinist moderation policy at this propaganda tool, RealClimate. Mann admits as much in the emails. The way you all have tried to railroad and stampede elite and public opinion in the name of “the cause” is shameful."

It of course won't see the light of day. but at least the moderator will read it.

Robert Austin said...

If one were to extend the metaphor, which faction built the Berlin Wall of obfuscation between team climate science and those outsiders wanting to verify the science. Only in the looking glass world of climate science does hiding your data and methods equate to freedom of speech and academic freedom.

Anonymous said...

Hey Otter, I like the nickname "surreal climate." That was good. Hope you don't mind if I use it hear on out.

Speaking of irony, the vast majority of what I've read regarding solutions to climate change involve a global government, North to South (and within countries) redistribution of wealth, global management of natural resources and hence by proxy, global management of the economies of all nations, and control of our lives via smart meters, carbon cards, etc.

And yet we have surrealclimate saying if the scientists fail, we could have a world like it was behind the iron curtain.

Wow. I love these lefties...