Politically motivated climate data deletions

Re:Politically motivated climate data deletions by asdfologist on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @07:49AM (#13975777)

Can the Trump supporters here explain why this is a good idea? I'm genuinely curious.

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Re:Politically motivated climate data deletions by shepardrtc on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @08:12AM (#13975885)

The neocon (or alt-right, or whatever) attitude is that the planet is too massive and powerful for us to affect it. They believe that climate researchers and scientists have an agenda to push their liberal viewpoint about the world on people and control businesses that would otherwise prosper. The so-called "data" is - in the best case scenario - simply opinion, or - in the worst case scenario - faked. They believe that if you get rid of the "data", you can stop the liberals with their bullshit agenda.

And now one of their zealots is whispering in the ear of the President.

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Re:Politically motivated climate data deletions by bdavisx on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @08:56AM (#13976130)

>The neocon (or alt-right, or whatever) attitude is that the planet is too massive and powerful for us to affect it

Not exactly, that's the idea that's been pushed on the people who don't think for themselves, and so those people believe it, just like they believe other fake news.

The "leaders" that actually pushed the idea know that global warming is happening, and that humans are (at least a part of) the cause; they just don't care, profits are more important.

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Re:Politically motivated climate data deletions by ItendToDisagree on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @08:16AM (#13975899)

Meanwhile the US Military is taking discussing climate change as a threat to their mission: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/military-leaders-...

I guess Conservatives are for lower national security though... Given that is how they historically consolidate their power.

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Re:Politically motivated climate data deletions by cholantesh on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @12:51PM (#13978255)

>The neocon (or alt-right, or whatever)

Very different things

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Re:Politically motivated climate data deletions by konceptz on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @08:05AM (#13975835)

I can play devil's advocate.

The data is falsified and needs to be removed.

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Re:Politically motivated climate data deletions by throwaway2016a on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @09:11AM (#13976239)

To which one could say that's not how science works. You don't sweep bad science under the rug, you publish the research to the contrary.

From a scientific perspective it is the wrong approach.

From a social perspective, It's like burning books you don't agree with.

Neither works for more than a short time.

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Re:Politically motivated climate data deletions by ItendToDisagree on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @08:09AM (#13975863)

Falsified according to who? The many well known and respected researchers the Trump Administration has consulted?

Oh ideologues who want to score political points? Got it.

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Re:Politically motivated climate data deletions by konceptz on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @08:18AM (#13975911)

Right, so now the conversation has moved away from the deletion of data.

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Re:Politically motivated climate data deletions by ItendToDisagree on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @09:20AM (#13976312)

Politickz iz amazing rite?! :)

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Re:Politically motivated climate data deletions by dublinclontarf on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @09:04AM (#13976187)

I'm wondering what was removed and from where?

The article is not clear.

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Re:Politically motivated climate data deletions by najati83 on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @08:02AM (#13975822)

Biting the bait: having voted for someone doesn't mean you agree with everything he promises and then with everything he does after he's been elected.

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