Re: Freeman Dyson
Posted by
Ted Carmichael on
Mar 30, 2009; 6:27am
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Freeman-Dyson-tp2555189p2555722.html
That's a funny coincidence ... I am reading it just now.
I'm always glad to come across another skeptic on anthropogenic global warming, particularly from someone with such strong credentials. The sustained level of pervasive hand-wrangling on this issue is quite worrisome. The actions that some are proposing to curb carbon emissions is far out of line relative to the level of uncertainty that still exists, and I think it likely that a stiff carbon tax of some sort will do much more harm than good.
And I do get tired of the badly written articles one finds on this subject in the press. The level of blind acceptance among the press corp is rather reminiscent of those covering the Bush white house.
Anyway, that's just my opinion. I have seen a slight uptick in skeptical writings over the last year or so on AGW, so maybe we have started to turn the corner on this issue. One can hope.
Cheers,
Ted
*I didn't just drop a bomb, did I?
On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 10:47 PM, Nicholas Thompson
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While we are at it, did anybody read about Freeman Dyson in the Times Mag today? What did you think?
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Nicholas S. Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology,
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