If it's consensus, it isn't science. If it's science, it isn't consensus

[Otto]

Crichton's conspiracy theory 
A POINT OF VIEW
By Harold Evans 
 
Icecaps are melting
In his weekly opinion column, Harold Evans takes issue with Michael 
Crichton's latest thriller, in which global warming is the work of mad 
eco-scientists.

Do you ever read that line on an early page of a novel: "Any connection 
between the characters and events herein portrayed, and real people, is 
purely coincidental."
In Michael Crichton's State of Fear, I'd say the connection was purely 
intentional. It's about the kind of hurricanes, floods, tsunamis and 
tornadoes we've been experiencing. Crichton's trade is to bring 
pleasurable terror to millions by spinning tales of science gone amok - 
as in Jurassic Park and the Andromeda Strain.
In this new bestseller those hurricanes etc aren't natural disasters at 
all. They are the creations of global warming activists - eco-maniacs 
desperate to publicise the case for controlling emissions of carbon 
dioxide. To make sure you get his point, Crichton adds a 32-page 
footnote documenting his own conviction that global warming is an 
unscientific scare.
What about the contrary worldwide consensus of scientists that global 
warming is a man-made disaster in the making? Crichton's answer: "If 
it's consensus, it isn't science. If it's science, it isn't consensus." 
As I suppose in the old consensus that the earth is flat.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4319574.stm

	

	
		
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