What an unbearable jackass this man is.

For the record, Robinson is a failed biochemist. He is not in any position to comment on the science of AGW as if this were his area of expertise.

However, smearing AGW has been stock and trade for some time as he was a close associate of Frederick Steitz. Readers here might remember Steitz as the RJ Reynolds consultant who promoted tobacco and developed the strategy for clouding the issue in the public mind about the dangers of cigarettes. Steitz then went on to found the Marshall institute, to campaign for conservative/business causes. and later became a leading industry shill against AGW.

He and Robinson were the people who sent out the infamous OISM petition, which was fraudulently represented as being from the National Academy, against AGW. OISM is Robinson’s institute. Both Steitz and Robinson were censured by the National Academy for this fraud. Further the petition was worded in a way to ask for more study, and then used as a political tool claiming that the signers were against AGW. Many thought it was from a kosher source, and said something different than what was later presented, by the fraud team of Robinson and Steitz. Many have tried to have their names removed. Many listed ever even signed. Many others who did sign aren’t even scientists at all - or even hold a bachelor’s degree in a physical science, let alone actual Climate science.

Now both Steitz and Robinson are remarkable creatures. Steitz was a good scientist who simply decided to go over to the dark side and make a lot of money even if it meant lying about science. Robinson, on the other hand, is a raving freakazoid nut sandwich who once could do science, but suffered a breakdown.

In addition to being an AGW denirer, Robinson is an HIV denier. He believes that hormesis applies to radiation. Now hormesis is the basis behind homeopathy. Homeopathy is complete bunk. However, hormesis is real for certain chemical interactions in the body. In some cases, a small dosage of a drug or a poison can elicit a large counter response from the body. In other words, with some toxins, in small dose, receptors in your body might trigger your body to go into overdrive to repair what the toxin would do in a larger dose.

This is a biochemical phenomena that only occurs for certain compounds under certain situations. Radiation - and in particular ionizing radiation, work entire differently. That is a physical interaction and not a chemical one with a totally different sort of mechanism. However, the body does have repair mechanisms against background radiation. This idea was studied thoroughly. Multiple studies produced by the national Academy amongst others showed that hormesis does not apply to radiation.

Robinson was once a good scientist. He went insane and became a fraud and an utter jackass along the way.