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A comment on Michael Crichton, Science Studies, and the Technothriller (2015). Parent comment

Re:Michael Crichton, Science Studies, and the Technothriller... by sanxiyn on Friday February 08, 2019 @03:25AM (#19112421)
It's a fiction. Liking the author is optional, even if one likes the book.

I do think there is heavy politicization of climate science going on, when reporting science to the public. For example, reporting is increasingly confident, while science is not. Climate sensitivity estimate hasn't improved at all for >10 years between TAR(2001) and AR5(2014), it's still from 1.5 to 4.5 C. Where is confidence coming from? Repeating things over and over should not make one more confident.

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Re:Michael Crichton, Science Studies, and the Technothriller... by whatshisface on Friday February 08, 2019 @07:53AM (#19113670)
Why would you say that scientific confidence is increasing? The only change that I have noticed is that the public is slowly deciding that the believe the scientists. The public includes journalists from the scientist's perspective.
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