There Ya Have It
Straight From the Horse’s Ass’ Mouth, no less
[Algore:] Gore touted the Congressional climate bill, claiming it “will dramatically increase the prospects for success” in combating what he sees as the “crisis” of man-made global warming.
“But it is the awareness itself that will drive the change and one of the ways it will drive the change is through global governance and global agreements.”
Welcome to topsy-turvey world wherein a n author of a book called “nscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future” can make a statement like this:
[Chris Mooney] pointed out here that climate change denier extraordinaire Marc Morano may be dead wrong, but he’s articulate, well funded, and there’s no one on the science side that competes with him. What specifically can be done to change that?
It’s simple: Things won’t change until the world of science invests in creating counter-Moranos. There are many talented and extremely young intelligent people in science today who could fill that role, but there is little training available for them, and even less of a career trajectory for them to get there.
Generally, young scientists have been exposed to a very traditional academic menu of courses, when instead it would behoove us to offer more interdisciplinary and media skills to those who are asking for it.
It’s a new political academic dicipline: Consenscience.
I think you’ve uncovered the Real Reason why the algores are so thrilled with globalclimatewarmingchange:
“... one of the ways it will drive the change is through global governance and global agreements.”
Wouldn’t life be so much simpler if we just had one big happy world government?
Posted by ZZMike on 07/13/09 at 11:25 AM
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