Posted by
Nick Thompson on
Sep 21, 2015; 9:42pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Good-climate-change-skeptics-tp7586673p7586675.html
Glen,
It's Earnest New Englanders Getting Together. Is that a recognizable category, or do I need to say more.
N
Nicholas S. Thompson
Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology
Clark University
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I can't help directly. But it seems to me that there's a requirement missing from your request. The missing requirement is the _purpose_ of the forum. Is it scientific, in which case, scientists are allowed to be what they normally are: skeptical of everything? Is it political, in which case, the best participants will be popularizers or public intellectuals? Is it social, in which case, there's a need for science/policy crossovers?
I think filling that missing link will lead to a more effective choice of the "doubter" you seek.
On 09/21/2015 10:35 AM, Nick Thompson wrote:
> In the meantime, could you possibly help me with the following. Clark
> University is proposing a forum on climate change. I want that forum
> to be honest, so I am wondering if anybody in this group can propose
> me the names of some skeptics who are sober, thoughtful, and have not
> resorted to throwing snowballs in the senate, so I could propose those
> names to the convening committee. My thought was that in a forum on
> climate change, which would include, of course, many sessions on
> consequences and remediation, should be at least one in which the
> whole consensus is put in doubt.
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