Comments on: The NYT’s Coverage Of Climate In The 1970s Was A Megaphone For Science, Not ‘Global Cooling’ Alarmism

By: Texas Aggie

Texas Aggie — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 04:48:26 +0000

A thought on the observation that this column should be about climate and not George Will: The philosophy behind that observation has been shown to be fallacious in other areas of science because if scientists just stick to their benches, so to speak, the general public gets informed by the know nothings with a political ax to grind. Years ago evolutionists thought that creationism was so off the wall that they didn’t have to spend time educating the public. Besides, it wasn’t “real” science. You see what that has brought us.

The take home message from that fiasco is that it is just as important, if not more important, for scientists to be in constant contact with the public presenting reality to counter the fairy tales of the other side.

By: Creative Greenius

Creative Greenius — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:00:25 +0000

Please don’t start confusing the issue with facts. It’s not as if George Will has ever been right… on anything! And that goes back to the 1980s. Why get upset when the ventriloquist’s dummy gets it wrong?

By: Don Richardson

Don Richardson — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:28:09 +0000

If George Will is right we still end up with much greater fuel efficiency and lotsa jobs, a saner lifestyle and other benefits as obscure as his reasoning. If he is wrong we’re all dead.

By: mk3872

mk3872 — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 03:38:43 +0000

Because George Will can get away with using “Internet links” as sources, is a key reason why fudge-y “interpretations” of actual science by global warming deniers needs to be taken seriously and taken out 1×1.

In this case, Will leans on Mike Asher, global warming denier @ Daily Tech.

By: Brad

Brad — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 02:36:48 +0000

Anders: How's this? Also, though this post was certainly spurred by Will, I hope the history of the media's coverage of global warming is of general interest. We also hit on other climate news in the WonkLine, and have written about President Obama's budget, the Capitol Climate Action, the surge in climate change lobbying, the loss of the OCO satellite, and other topics in just the past week.

By: Anders

Anders — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 01:40:44 +0000

Don’t get me wrong, I’m no George Will fan, but I expected the “climate” section of the wonkroom to be about climate, not George Will. And now for guest bloggers to follow Brad’s obsession? Is there nothing else about climate worth writing about?

By: stateofthedivision

stateofthedivision — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:28:50 +0000

We don’t talk much about medicine in pre-antibiotic days. The world has 30 years of data since the mid 70’s. That should have informed us somewhat.