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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Wed Sep 3, 2014, 08:33 PM Sep 2014

Sir Paul Nurse criticises those who distort scientific evidence

Ian Sample

Britain's most senior scientist has launched a fierce attack on influential figures who distort scientific evidence to support their own political, religious or ideological agendas.

The president of the Royal Society, Sir Paul Nurse, said scientists must challenge serial offenders from all spheres of life who continually misused science to support their preconceived beliefs.

Speaking ahead of an inaugural speech he will give next week as the incoming president of the British Science Association (BSA), Nurse said it was not enough for scientists to sit on the sidelines and sneer when public figures expounded unscientific nonsense.

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/sep/04/sir-paul-nurse-criticises-figures-distort-scientific-evidence

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Interesting that the two top climate change denial groups Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2014 #1

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1. Interesting that the two top climate change denial groups

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Wed Sep 3, 2014, 09:43 PM

Sep 2014

Are funded by a group that gets its money from fossil fuel companies. Reminds me of the scientists denying that smoking is bad for you being funded by tobacco companies.

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