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Author credentials:

Clyde E. Stauffer earned a Ph.D. in biochemistry at the University of Minnesota, has done research at Procter & Gamble, and has been involved in more applied science for the last 30 years.

1 posted on 12/27/2007 2:33:03 PM PST by CedarDave
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To: xcamel

PING!

Another established scientist speaking out. As mentioned in other articles, its the senior scientists who are speaking up regarding the global warming scam, those who already have established reputations, have tenure or are nearing retirement. The younger ones, though they may agree with naysayers, speak their doubts only to colleagues, avoid publishing their opinions and speaking out in meetings, except as questions to presenters.

The intimidation is real and as the author says threatens livelihoods and does not contribute to the advancement of true science, characterized by presenting a hypothesis and testing it for validity. Science and all mankind is the loser as a result.


2 posted on 12/27/2007 2:44:55 PM PST by CedarDave
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FReepmail me to get on or off


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Good find..
3 posted on 12/27/2007 2:50:33 PM PST by xcamel (FDT/2008)
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To: CedarDave

Being heard is not identical to being hired.

As for being published... that costs money. Who pays?


4 posted on 12/27/2007 3:01:46 PM PST by From many - one.
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To: CedarDave
scientists dedicated to good science must defend the right of skeptics to be heard

This is Humean nonsense.

5 posted on 12/27/2007 3:05:12 PM PST by RightWhale (Dean Koonz is good, but my favorite authors are Dun and Bradstreet)
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To: CedarDave

Hey I followed the link, but can not find the part of the article that was “snipped” out.


6 posted on 12/27/2007 3:13:11 PM PST by AndyTheBear (Disastrous social experimentation is the opiate of elitist snobs.)
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In the 16th century, the Church was going on what THEY knew at the time, without internet access, television, and widespread publications, amounting to pure ignorance on their part. With what we know today, and the info we have access to that disputes pinko junk science, we are witnessing a true inquisition.


7 posted on 12/27/2007 3:18:57 PM PST by roamincadillac (Beware Heebee Al-Faqtap)
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That’s my biggest gripe with Big Science. Rather than keep an open mind, they pull stuff like this.

Look what they did to astronomers, et al who agreed with some of Velokivsky’s theories.


8 posted on 12/27/2007 3:22:04 PM PST by Oatka (A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." –Bertrand de Jouvenel)
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To: CedarDave

This is great news! Hopefully more and more scientists will start crawling out of the woodwork and doing the same. Bravo Dr. Stauffer!


12 posted on 12/27/2007 4:03:35 PM PST by GodGunsGuts
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When I was a kid, after much to do, they banned cyclamates in soft drinks because they were determined by scientific experiments to be the most carcigenic substance known to man. Now they say cyclamates don’t even cause cancer.


13 posted on 12/27/2007 4:09:03 PM PST by Brilliant
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Exhibit Two is the denial of tenure to Guillermo Gonzalez by the astronomy department of Iowa State University, despite a stellar record of scientific publications. His crime? He co-authored a book ("The Privileged Planet") that suggested that the unusually benign (for life) situation of the Earth might have been due to an intelligent designer.

Imagine that, that any thinking person could look at the universe in all it's beauty, order, and complexity and come to the conclusion that it was created instead of just happening.

Dontcha know that it makes more sense to declare that everything appeared out of nowhere, all on its own, exploded itself, organized itself, established its own laws, and gave rise to complex, intelligent life, all just by chance? Really, to think that someone could have designed and created it. How silly....

14 posted on 12/27/2007 4:17:19 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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Being heard and being given equal respect are two different things. Good science always drives bad science out in the long run, and just because it’s a new theory or explanation does not mean it’s good science.

Sometimes it is.

But every new explanation or theory should be attacked relentlessly. If it stands up, it moves into the good science category.


19 posted on 12/27/2007 4:35:25 PM PST by Dog Gone
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It sounds like Guillermo’s problem is not that he couldn’t get heard, but that he was heard and judged short of his school’s tenure standards.

The proponents of intelligent design need to propose some testable hypotheses, conduct research based on them, analyze the data, and publish the results in a manner consistent with usual scientific procedure. Until they do so, 99.99% of scientists are not going to recognize ID as science.

The refusal to play by the same rules as everyone else, not their supposed challenge to CW, is their problem. They ought to stop whining and get to work.


21 posted on 12/27/2007 6:59:19 PM PST by freespirited (Still a proud member of the Stupid Party. It beats the Evil Party any day of the week.)
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bookmark


22 posted on 12/27/2007 8:06:31 PM PST by fightinJAG ("Tell the truth. The Pajama People are watching you.")
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To: CedarDave

INTREP


23 posted on 12/27/2007 8:42:31 PM PST by LiteKeeper (Beware the secularization of America; the Islamization of Eurabia)
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For later...


25 posted on 12/27/2007 9:38:40 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Turning the general election into a second Democrat primary is not a winning strategy.)
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~~AGW ™ ping~~


28 posted on 01/01/2008 9:55:09 PM PST by steelyourfaith
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