50 NASA Scientists Against Global Warming
Science is not a numbers game. As Einstein said when Hitler commissioned a pamphlet called 100 Scientists Against Einstein: "If I were wrong, one would have been enough." (H/T Marc Morano)
Nonetheless, I think we should all be quietly encouraged by the recent letter by 50 former NASA astronauts, engineers and scientists protesting at the way their once-great institution has been prostituting its name in order to promote the great man-made global warming scam.
The letter says:
We, the undersigned, respectfully request that NASA and the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) refrain from including unproven remarks in public releases and websites. We believe the claims by NASA and GISS, that man-made carbon dioxide is having a catastrophic impact on global climate change are not substantiated, especially when considering thousands of years of empirical data. With hundreds of well-known climate scientists and tens of thousands of other scientists publicly declaring their disbelief in the catastrophic forecasts, coming particularly from the GISS leadership, it is clear that the science is NOT settled.
The unbridled advocacy of CO2 being the major cause of climate change is unbecoming of NASA’s history of making an objective assessment of all available scientific data prior to making decisions or public statements.
As former NASA employees, we feel that NASA’s advocacy of an extreme position, prior to a thorough study of the possible overwhelming impact of natural climate drivers is inappropriate. We request that NASA refrain from including unproven and unsupported remarks in its future releases and websites on this subject. At risk is damage to the exemplary reputation of NASA, NASA’s current or former scientists and employees, and even the reputation of science itself.
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Nov '11
Re: 50 NASA Scientists Against Global Warming
Look, I'm not an alarmist. I'm not demanding immediate government action. I don't think the world is going to end.
All I'm saying is that 50 engineers equal exactly zero climate scientists.
You can stack cow pies as high as you want, but that doesn't make them into a bar of gold.
Lists of non-climate scientists who are against Global Warming is not impressive to me.
Try harder.
Dec '10
Re: 50 NASA Scientists Against Global Warming
Heh.
You're still confused on a basic level.
Nobody needs to impress you in order to be right.
Just like one need not be a fictional "climate scientist" to observe data and decide if it supports a given theory.
Science isn't about being "impressive" or "consensus" or even "peer review".
Science is about matching theory to observed data in a repeatable and transparent manner. On this basis, "Climate Science" is nothing of the sort.
There is right and there is wrong, and they are testable states.
Your impression or the consensus of "climate scientists" is meaningless.
A simple farmer may still be right even when all of the scientific establishment is against him.
Veritas Omnia Vincit.
May '10
Re: 50 NASA Scientists Against Global Warming
Fred Cole: All I'm saying is that 50 engineers equal exactly zero climate scientists.
Lists of non-climate scientists who are against Global Warming is not impressive to me.
Try harder. · 56 minutes ago
Well, in this very comment thread I have posted links to two different detailed science-based presentations critiquing the climate change thesis presented in the IPCC reports. Does that impress you? Did you even look at them?
Anyway, you're missing the point. The topic of this post is a letter from NASA employees to NASA leadership urging a change in NASA policy toward climate change advocacy. It presents a short summary of their position and a call for particular actions. It is not a scientific critique and it is not an appeal to self-authority to convince you of any particular conclusion. Your criticisms are off base.