Myron Ebell
Ebell grew up on a 2,000 acres (810 ha) cattle ranch in Oregon. He graduated from Colorado College with a B.A. in philosophy and obtained an M.Sc. in political theory from the London School of Economics. He did graduate work in history at the University of California at San Diego and at Peterhouse College, University of Cambridge, and while in England met a girl from Albuquerque who became his wife. He had no formal scientific education, and makes no claim to be a scientist. When asked about scientific topics in interviews, he says he is "not a climate scientist. I'm just giving you the informed layman's perspective". His view is that "If science is going to be discussed in the public arena, then shouldn't people other than scientists be allowed to participate? Isn't that what a representative democracy is?