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Climate Science: Is it Currently Designed to Answer Questions?
By Prof. Richard S. Lindzen | Global Research | September 22, 2014
Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and Climate. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Global Research 30 November 2009
Abstract
For a variety of inter-related cultural, organizational, and political reasons, progress in climate science and the actual solution of scientific problems in this field have moved at a much slower rate than would normally be possible.
Not all these factors are unique to climate science, but the heavy influence of politics has served to amplify the role of the other factors. By cultural factors, I primarily refer to the change in the scientific paradigm from a dialectic opposition between theory and observation to an emphasis on simulation and observational programs. The latter serves to almost eliminate the dialectical focus of the former.
Whereas the former had the potential for convergence, the latter is much less effective. The institutional factor has many components. One is the inordinate growth of administration in universities and the consequent increase in importance of grant overhead. This leads to an emphasis on large programs that never end. Another is the hierarchical nature of formal scientific organizations whereby a small executive council can speak on behalf of thousands of scientists as well as govern the distribution of ‘carrots and sticks’ whereby reputations are made and broken. The above factors are all amplified by the need for government funding.
When an issue becomes a vital part of a political agenda, as is the case with climate, then the politically desired position becomes a goal rather than a consequence of scientific research. This paper will deal with the origin of the cultural changes and with specific examples of the operation and interaction of these factors. In particular, we will show how political bodies act to control scientific institutions, how scientists adjust both data and even theory to accommodate politically correct positions, and how opposition to these positions is disposed of. … continue
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Netanyahu is so evil that anyone defending him might be aiding & abetting a known war criminal.
http://mondoweiss.net/2018/04/netanyahu-israeli-snipers/amp/
No q anon for 2 days because….”Netanyahu says Israeli snipers are doing ‘holy work'”… q is afraid of Netanyahu 🎯
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The time has come for Satanyahu to pass from the world…admittedly only a start toward ridding the world of his Zioideology’s brand of parasitism, arrogance and genocide but nevertheless a start. The Palestinians, to a person, would be appreciative.
I hold no brief for Mahmud Abbas whose time has come and should go quickly, but he is right on here! Let the doors be opened and the debate engaged!
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I agree with you about M. Abbas. He really has wasted so much time and compromised himself over and over in collusive actions with the Zionist entity. As the song says “Too much, too little, too late …”.
There are many capable Palestinians who could take his place with more intelligence and more honour.
It is now past the 11th hour for the Palestinian state – I can see no good outcome for the most persecuted people living in their own land since history began.
Israel is now using the Iranian presence in Syria to spark a war between the US and Iran. Anybody who has studied basic life games in Transaction Analysis knows this is just a hard version of let you and him fight; the only winner is Israel.
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There should be NO MORE American soldiers/servicemen/women, fed into the “mince grinder” of the Middle East to please the disgusting Devil warmonger Prime Minister of Israel. Call me an Anti-Semite if anyone wants to, I couldn’t care less.
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” the time has come for it to pass from the world”
Sounds like Benjamin Mileikowsky is paraphrasing the former president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, ” will disappear from the pages of time.”
Those that are not truly great must remain pale copies; those that are irredemably dispecable will steal and lie even unto profaning their enemies choicest sound bites.
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“I call on the international community to condemn his severe anti-Semitism;”
What a hippocrite Netanyahu is. He spews bile about Iran, Syria, Iraq, and anyone else who stands in his way of taking over the Middle East to establish something called “Greater Israel. And then he calls anyone who stands up to him as an Anti-Semite, as if everything is their fault.
What a disgusting piece of human excrement he is. When is he going to jail, by the way, he’s also a criminal.
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” the time has come for it to pass from the world”
That quote by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was directed at the “Regime in Israel”, but was seized by the corrupted American Media and turned into “Israel should removed from the pages of time”, a complete lie…..But, what have people come to expect from the MSM?
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