tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25163458.post115991671277615086..comments2023-10-31T05:09:58.639-04:00Comments on maribo: Warming vs. heatingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25163458.post-89820900328035386142006-10-12T16:47:00.000-04:002006-10-12T16:47:00.000-04:00Very true, the line between science and activism h...Very true, the line between science and activism has blurred in many subject, especially climate change. My concern is the effect of activism or overemphasising certain results on the credibility of the scientific community. I'd hope that the people who enter environmental science because they care about the issues learn that to do good science, you need to openly state your assumptions, in other words, declare your subjectivity. <br /><br />It is one thing for scientists to promote a policy or social change because of well-founded scientific conclusions, which much of the climate science community is doing, it is another to be purposely provactive by adopting some scarier language.Simon Donnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844831377442275615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25163458.post-47350620286879002662006-10-11T22:01:00.000-04:002006-10-11T22:01:00.000-04:00Simon, you are of course assuming that scientists ...Simon, you are of course assuming that scientists and activists are mutually exclusive beings. I would, on the contrary, suppose that most scientists became such becauase of an active interest in what it is we study. Being true to both is a slippery slope at best, but one, I would argue, that we need to negotiate. If we don't then we run the risk of our results being interpretted incorrectly at best and maliciously at worst.<br /><br />Although I am certianly not sure of the best way to do that.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />Jeff Hollister (just so you know I actually read this thing on occasion!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com