Comments on: The War Continues http://asymptotia.com/2006/09/27/the-war-continues/ Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:33:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Science Sense - Asymptotia http://asymptotia.com/2006/09/27/the-war-continues/#comment-23443 Science Sense - Asymptotia Wed, 03 Jan 2007 16:55:24 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/09/27/the-war-continues/#comment-23443 [...] This is good to hear about. Recall earlier that I was wondering aloud whether there was anything in the UK that is equivalent to the USA’s Union of Concerned Scientists, or the recently formed Scientists and Engineers for America. (See earlier posts here and here, for example.) This is not really an equivalent organization (they consult with scientists, rather than being a scientist-run organisation for example, and they seem relatively disconnected from the makers of public policy, where a lot of the real battles are to be fought), but they are at least swimming in the same waters. [...] [...] This is good to hear about. Recall earlier that I was wondering aloud whether there was anything in the UK that is equivalent to the USA’s Union of Concerned Scientists, or the recently formed Scientists and Engineers for America. (See earlier posts here and here, for example.) This is not really an equivalent organization (they consult with scientists, rather than being a scientist-run organisation for example, and they seem relatively disconnected from the makers of public policy, where a lot of the real battles are to be fought), but they are at least swimming in the same waters. [...]

]]> By: Looking for a SEA Change? - Asymptotia http://asymptotia.com/2006/09/27/the-war-continues/#comment-1514 Looking for a SEA Change? - Asymptotia Mon, 02 Oct 2006 02:31:36 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/09/27/the-war-continues/#comment-1514 [...] I’ve previously mentioned examples of the manipulation or supression of scientific information by organisations such as the Bush Administration. See for example a recent post on hurricanes and global warming. Various scientists have made it their business to speak out against these types of wrongs, either as individuals in the line of fire, as individuals noticing it in the news and blogging about it to as many as care to read, and as part of organisations here and abroad. [...] [...] I’ve previously mentioned examples of the manipulation or supression of scientific information by organisations such as the Bush Administration. See for example a recent post on hurricanes and global warming. Various scientists have made it their business to speak out against these types of wrongs, either as individuals in the line of fire, as individuals noticing it in the news and blogging about it to as many as care to read, and as part of organisations here and abroad. [...]

]]> By: Elliot http://asymptotia.com/2006/09/27/the-war-continues/#comment-1456 Elliot Fri, 29 Sep 2006 21:10:10 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/09/27/the-war-continues/#comment-1456 Check out this new organization dedicated to doing something about it. http://www.sefora.org/ Elliot Check out this new organization dedicated to doing something about it.

http://www.sefora.org/

Elliot

]]> By: Say Lee http://asymptotia.com/2006/09/27/the-war-continues/#comment-1414 Say Lee Thu, 28 Sep 2006 00:39:36 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/09/27/the-war-continues/#comment-1414 Blogging on the same topic, folks over at http://scienceandreason.blogspot.com/ have given a nice list of recent news articles on global warming. So would mere news articles able to galvanize any change in the desired direction? Blogging on the same topic, folks over at http://scienceandreason.blogspot.com/ have given a nice list of recent news articles on global warming. So would mere news articles able to galvanize any change in the desired direction?

]]> By: Say Lee http://asymptotia.com/2006/09/27/the-war-continues/#comment-1412 Say Lee Thu, 28 Sep 2006 00:13:43 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/09/27/the-war-continues/#comment-1412 And persuaive too, to the government of the day that is, lest the issue is sidelined as an inconvenient truth. And persuaive too, to the government of the day that is, lest the issue is sidelined as an inconvenient truth.

]]> By: spyder http://asymptotia.com/2006/09/27/the-war-continues/#comment-1407 spyder Wed, 27 Sep 2006 20:02:55 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2006/09/27/the-war-continues/#comment-1407 This is all so confusing. I don't know whether to be an ostrich and stick my head in the sand, or sit with the three monkeys and try to cover my eyes, ears, and mouth all at once. Is there a special mantra our government would like us to practice, something like: "the war is a comma, the planet is just fine, gas prices will come down, the elections will not be rigged." This is all so confusing. I don’t know whether to be an ostrich and stick my head in the sand, or sit with the three monkeys and try to cover my eyes, ears, and mouth all at once. Is there a special mantra our government would like us to practice, something like: “the war is a comma, the planet is just fine, gas prices will come down, the elections will not be rigged.”

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