From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Thu Jun 28 2001 - 17:02:30 MDT
J. Goard wrote,
> That "vocal minority of scientists" consists largely of those who are
> experts in climatology, generally employed by universities rather than
> propaganda arms of NASA and the DoD. I wouldn't be surprised at all if
> scientists in general professed belief in the phenomenon. It is a
> well-established phenomenon of luddite doomsday hoaxes that the collection
> of individuals' ratings of their own local environments is vastly higher
> than their ratings of the overall situation.
Agreed, but you miss my point. I was not claiming that the loud majority
was right. I was objecting to the portrayal of them as delusional cultists
who are brainwashing children with false belief systems. We need to stay
away from unreasonable characterizations of those with opposing viewpoints.
(Also note that this discussion evolved from heresay about a news report
that hasn't aired yet. We have no idea of how this issue was actually
covered until we see it.)
-- Harvey Newstrom <http://HarveyNewstrom.com> <http://Newstaff.com>
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