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Sunday, October 08, 2006

Lies that Got Believed, part 1

Lies that Got Believed (Nuclear Winter. Scholarly Paper Presentation Methods influence results.)

Here's a snippet

"My guess is that they were telling the truth about their analysis. They may even have been correct in their conclusion. But the degree of uncertainty implied by that article was strikingly inconsistent with the confidence with which the nuclear winter conclusion was being trumpeted--largely by people who wanted other people to believe it because they thought that belief would reduce the risk of nuclear war."

David Oakey

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