re: #79 ralphieboy

We talked a bit about scieate scientists and their professional image and how they present themselves to the world.

And they were until this century pretty much pursuing an obscure and arcane science. Then people like Al Gore propelled them to the center of a global debate with serious ramifications for the world economy.

And yet these guys continued being geeky scientists and did not brace themselves for the onslaught of scrutiny and criticism that came with their new role as soothsayers of World Catastrophe.

Your wording is deeply offensive.

When you say soothsayers of world catastrophe, and call us geeky, it allows you to believe that the science is saying something other than catastrophe or that somehow it is all just dismissable.

Al Gore did not make this into a world wide debate. The anti-AGW propagandists funded by the fossil fuel industry and their pet politicians made it into a fight.

Al Gore is not denying the science. The GOP is.

As to whether or not you think scientists are geeks to be ignored, say that the next time you use any technology more advanced than a flint knife.