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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/2/24/6572/11170
Allegations have been swirling for a while now that last fall, in the
aftermath
of Katrina and Rita, the public may have been grossly misinformed regarding the
connection between global warming and hurricanes. Some might go so far as to
say
cable and network news viewers were intentionally misled. One highly reputable
climate researcher was willing to go on the record with this exclusive
statement
for Daily Kos readers and Science Friday:
DR Michael Mann: Director, Earth System Science Center (ESSC); Penn State
Department of Meteorology, blogs at Realclimate: www.realclimate.org/">http://www.realclimate.org/
"We were hearing operatives from the National Hurricane Center (NHC)
repeating,
as if on cue, the mantra that this was all just part of a "natural cycle" in
the
climate. Mind you, the peer-reviewed scientific literature was indicating just
the opposite. But not a hint of that from the NHC folks. Nothing but certainty
in their pronouncement that this was all part of a "natural cycle" (and thus,
nothing to worry about). Surreal is the only way I can describe it."
Hypothetically speaking, assuming money and power are no obstacle, how would
one
go about selling a line of pseudoscientific tripe as the genuine item to the
laypublic? Well, you might fund a think tank to manufacture fake science and
present it as the real deal. An oldie but a goodie. Or you might try
discrediting scientists in general, paint them as whacked-out ideological
flakes
who make up crazy shit about the weather for some kind of nebulous self-serving
reason (As opposed to say, non-profit right-wing televangelists who can prove
beyond any doubt that hurricanes are Divine retribution). And dangle enough
fame
and fortune in front of science professionals in any field, even trauma
surgeons
for example, and you'll probably find some who are willing to swear on national
TV that decapitation isn't fatal.
But to get a handle on this lesson in the science of deception, we must first
briefly review the science of a hurricane. Because the general formula for
fraud
we're going to cover is sophisticated in its Orwellian way. And if it's
actually
in play, it's also slicker than diarrhea and about as revolting.
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