Australias Chief Scientist, Ian Chubb, to Senator Brandis and Maurice Newman: One of them, I am told, commented that they didn’t need to kowtow to experts on the subject. Now I would be pretty sure that when their car breaks down none of them would take it to the fish monger to get it fixed – or even to get an opinion. So I suggest that what they really meant was that they didn’t need to have particular regard for the overwhelming bulk of opinion because it is expert. After all, it would tell them what they clearly didn’t want to know, so don’t listen and it isn’t there. And we all know what follows: cherry pick and sow the seeds of doubt.
Posted on: Fri, 09 May 2014 04:15:46 +0000
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