Re:Royal Society cautions against censorship of scientific m...
by rob_c on Monday January 31, 2022 @06:40AM
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Given the boogey man was that we'd be out of coal by 2020 in the late 90s (I can dig out the material from British schools to show you this!) I think we can survive the over-exaggeration of how soon and alarmingly and the end of the world is coming.
As I keep saying, why can't we just make the planet better? Why is that so difficult? What's the risk?
You're correct, in that what you describe isn't a threat to the ivory towers of 'science'.
Unfortunately, here in the real world, outside of academia, those people's unassailable belief in all flavors of bullshit has quite a negative effect on the quality of life of the rest of us. But at least I can sleep soundly, knowing that 'science' isn't being harmed by them.
When, say, the planet burns down around us, because of inaction on climate change, I'll take solace in knowing that the science behind climate change was never in any real danger - unlike the rest of us.