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Skriven 2009-01-11 09:35:00 av Robert Bashe (2:2448/44)
  Kommentar till text 25914 av Björn Felten (2:203/2)
Ärende: Global warming
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Björn Felten wrote to Robert Bashe on Saturday January 10 2009 at 14:32:

RB>> Strange,

BF> I bet it may seem so to a layman such as yourself.

Layman as far as pseudoscience and mass hysteria are concerned, quite right.
You, on the other hand, appear to regard hypotheses as hard facts.

I can still remember the scientific discussions about "cold fusion" in the late
80s and early 90s, with some very reputable scientists claiming success, others
dissenting. The affair went to the top echelons of the ACS (American Chemical
Society), and turned out to be a hoax, where faulty experimental procedures and
wishful thinking were more important than the facts.

Around that time, lots of pople like you were claiming cold fusion would
provide limitless energy to mankind within 10 years.

Posibly I should mention again that the whole thing was a hoax, directed toward
getting more money for "research".

At any rate, I'm scientist enough to know that you can "prove" absolutely
anything with computer models - all depends on the conditions you program. And
I'm also aware that human beings (scientists also being human beings with
emotions and unconcious leanings, which is why double blind tests are required
for many things in practice) have an exaggerated regard for themselves and
their effects on nature - one that doesn't even seem to be shaken when a
natural catastrophe such as the 2007 Tsunami occurs, dwarfing anything mankind
has ever done.

So enjoy yourself, pat yourself on the back for your political correctness -
but don't call such stuff "science" yet. We've got a long way to go before
anything is "proven".

Cheers, Bob

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