re: #247 Naso Tang

If I close my eyes all this stuff seems sounds identical to someone asking “where are the intermediate fossils? Where is the data?”, stated by a few, very few, mostly self declared, scientists.

The usual deniers who can do nothing but deny. They produce no data, but only mine the work of others to find alleged items of fraud or error, then they publish but not for review by scientists (who are becoming the whipping posts of the age), but by the uneducated public and the conspiracy buffs of the MSM who think it is all a communist conspiracy by politicians.

We have a few emails that can be interpreted either to be written by a fallible human (not the Pope of AGW), or taken out of context, and we have equipment readings of the past few years that are found to be wrong, but can be adjusted on a rational basis to correct for the earlier measurements, and this becomes a smoking gun!

The Da Vinci Code has nothing on the scope of THIS conspiracy./

I used to believe that people who accused Republicans and the right wing of being “anti-science” were exaggerating for partisan reasons.

I no longer believe this. It’s incredibly clear that there’s a sizeable element of conservatives who have no respect at all for science or scientists, and will gladly distort, lie, and spread confusion about scientific issues, often deliberately with full knowledge of what they’re doing. The story at the top of this thread is an excellent example, but it’s FAR from the only example.

You’re right — there’s a very marked similarity between the methods and tactics of creationists, and those of the climate denial industry. And that’s not just a coincidence — they’re often the same people too. For example, climate denier Roy Spencer.