An excellent analysis of how climate change has been blamed for our threatened amphibians when more fundamental reasons have been identified but ignored- like the most studied populations suffering the most- indicating that chytrid fungus spores have been spread by the very researchers attempting to find why they are declining. Fifteen years after this devastating disease was first diagnosed and likely carriers identified, there has yet to be a public education campaign largely due to the competing claims that global warming was the agent of death. The giants of history like Darwin’s “bulldog” Thomas Huxley relentlessly urged greater critical thinking arguing, “Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.” And Benjamin Franklin rallied, “It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.” In contrast advocate scientists and their followers like David Suzuki and Mark Hertsgaard try to bully the media if the media presents any views skeptical of the consensus’ manufactured authority. Their insistence on “denying the deniers the right to deny” uses fear mongering like the Golden Toad’s extinction and every human tragedy to promote an intellectual tyranny. Such tactics are far more dangerous to our way of life than the current levels of CO2. We must demand more public debates between skeptics and advocates that are honestly moderated, so the world can separate good science from the bad. wattsupwiththat/2013/11/21/contrasting-good-and-bad-science-disease-climate-change-and-the-case-of-the-golden-toad/#more-97894
Posted on: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 21:28:45 +0000
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