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December 3, 2009
Climategate "isn't only about the credibility of global warming."
If the new ethos is that "close-enough" science is now sufficient to achieve political goals,
serious scientists should be under no illusion that politicians will press-gang them into service for future agendas. Everyone working in science, no matter their politics, has an stake in cleaning up the mess revealed by the East Anglia emails. Science is on the credibility bubble. If it pops, centuries of what we understand to be the role of science go with it. -- Daniel Henninger on Climategate: Science Is Dying - WSJ.com
Posted by Vanderleun at December 3, 2009 3:05 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.