Saturday, October 27, 2012

The Problem with Michael Mann, and the Whole Environmental Movement - I Want a New Left

The Problem with Michael Mann, and the Whole Environmental Movement - I Want a New Left

Anyway, to get back to Mann, his insisting that he won the Nobel Peace Prize should be a signal to any sensible person that if he exaggerates about something in a public forum where his claim was easily seen through almost at once, he is likely to have a habit of exaggerating in other areas as well, especially in obscure scientific journals where it may be more difficult to determine if he’s exaggerating or not. Accordingly, his science should not be trusted. Since most of us aren’t scientists, we rely on trust, but with people like Michael Mann exaggerating things, we just can’t trust them.

And that should be the end of the story. It won’t be, but it should be.