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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
Here's an interesting read for anyone interested in the real story behind "Dr." Timothy Ball.
http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2006...for_325000.php
The full story is also available on globeandmail.com for subscribers. Essentially, Dr. Ball is suing a professor of climatology (a REAL scientist) for defamation, after Prof. Dan Johnson called him out for playing fast and loose with his credentials. Debate is a good thing: a debate on climate change that shuts out proven liars and quacks like Timothy Ball is even better. |
Interesting. I found Ball's piece particularly poorly written and defended for the level he claims to have achieved.
I think if there was a massive swell of scientists who have credible information against global warming both politicians and industry would be falling all over themselves to hype it and promote it. Worrying about climate change is pricey and involves making political decisions that likely won't be popular. That our media and politicians are slowly coming to a consensus on this issue points to there being a lot of evidence on the side of climate change.
Op-ed pieces like this certainly aren't going to sway my opinion. Why wasn't there a summit on the myths of global warming just recently? Why did scientists get together themselves to talk about this issue if it was not well supported by their own method?