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Originally Posted by Riot
Unfortunately, it is apparent that some quite unfamiliar with science (the press, some politicians) are making rather huge and false leaps of assumption.
For example, thinking that the couple of things talked about in this e-mail, by a few people, somehow magically discredits a huge, whole body of decades of other scientific work.
One would think that the most accurate judges of the importance of the content of the leaked e-mails would be the rest of the vast scientific community within this field, whom it would affect (they are certainly talking about it.)
Rather than taking the opinion of some elderly US Senators and a talk-show host or two.
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like letting other criminals decide whether an accused is guilty or not?
Believe it or not there are parts of the scientific community (Independant of Gov. financing and grants) who aren't on the Al Gore short bus. And less than a generation ago the majority of the scientific community was predicting an ice age.