Hey, remember Patrick J. Michaels, the "climate skeptic" who compares favorably with Galileo? Here's a compendium of interesting (albeit a bit technical) reading from a couple years back.
Pat Michaels: "Fraud, pure and simple"
I'm sure our local denializers Patrick McIlheran and Richard Esenberg will be falling over themselves to register their profound concerns.
Any minute now ...
December 11, 2009
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Claim that scientists are rigid and close-minded. Then, when the scientists consider a wide range of possibilities, use that consideration to misrepresent their competence.
What a lovely racket.
The latter individual especially should know better than to rely on newspaper editorialists and right-wing blog nonsense when the primary literature is housed in the Marquette University Science Library, a five minute walk from his office.
Alternatively, he could walk on down to the philosophy department and load up on Nietzsche. The contrarianism would at least be interesting.
I'm not sure how the Scientists can hold up...now that the Catholic Church is claiming they've been misrepresented all along.
http://dad29.blogspot.com/2009/12/nisbet-galileo-was-denier.html
I prefer Hilary Putnam.
I suppose it could always be worse...
And Paul, "witch-hunting" was a Prot phenomenon
He must think he's picketing an Orange Order parade or something. If he's not careful he'll start the Battle of the Boyne all over again.
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