A Consensus Built On Sand

If there was in fact a consensus on "global warming" and "man-made climate change". Here's a great article by By Neil Dykstra:

If nothing else, the leaked e-mails from the Climate Research Unit at University of East Anglia have prompted a healthy degree of suspicion on the processes of the scientific community. Principal of these is the practice of peer-review, in which scientific work is verified by other experts in the field. It is widely regarded to be the gold standard of scientific authenticity. Consequently, peer-reviewed research is often deemed to be the closest thing to objective truth. Subsequently, the term “peer-review” was used by many a politician as a means to authenticate their ideology and discredit others.

The leaked e-mails give a glance into a politicized environment in which the peer-reviewed process is rigged in order to guarantee a consensus. Dissenting researchers are sidelined by denying entry of their work into the peer-review process. Websites that are intended to discuss climate science are carefully controlled to promote one point of view and discredit others.
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The disregard for truth is exemplified both by Pope Leo X, who imposed silence on church officials to combat Luther’s ninety-five theses, and also by climate researchers like Tom Wigley, who state that perception is much more important than truth. Money is stolen from the people by taking advantage of their sense of guilt, either by the sale of indulgences or by the marketing of carbon offsets. Those who oppose the political consensus are persecuted, some by religious inquisitions and others by discrediting, marginalization, jailing, and threats of violence.

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So, they were hiding the data which disproved their theory; they tried to silence their opponents, often resorting to threats, boycotts and blackmail - and they still claimed that there was a "consensus". Yeah, right.

Finally - here's a nice video. It would be funny if it wasn't for our freedom, not to mention our jobs being threatened. Too bad that those involved in the "climate gate" are unlikely to be held responsible in a criminal court.