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February 28, 2010
PNS: Post Normal Science
Note: the following was written on October 31 and updated November 3, before the 'Climategate' CRU email scandal broke, and it is all the more pertinent in the light of those disclosures. Science is no longer what we thought it was.It is now a tool in the hands of socialists, and the smart money is flowing into the pockets of âscientistsâ who will serve their agenda. Follow the money. Whilst traditional physics and chemistry departments are closing in British universities, and there is a shortage of science teachers, there is an abundance of cash being poured into departments that will serve socialist ends, and no shortage of acolytes desirous to use this as a route to power. Once there was modern science, which was hard work; now we have postmodern science, where the quest for real, absolute truth is outdated, and "science" is a wax nose that can be twisted in any direction to underpin the latest lying narrative in the pursuit of power. Except they didn't call it "postmodern" science because then we might smell a rat. They called it PNS (post-normal science) and hoped we wouldn't notice. -- Climate Change and the Death of Science @ Buy the Truth
Posted by Vanderleun at February 28, 2010 1:59 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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Climategate: Plausibility and the blogosphere in the post-normal age. Guest post by Jerome Ravetz
Posted by: Fat Man at February 28, 2010 7:46 AM