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FOXNews.com – Climate Scientist, Heated Up Over Satirical Video, Threatens Lawsuit.

One of the main tenets of being in the science business is that any findings in a particular field should be quantifiable and reproducible in order to qualify as legitimate science.  If a theory is offered that our ancestors are all from Mars for instance, it may be a good idea to have some photos of the great great grandparents as evidence.  Unlike the political or law rackets, just because you say something is, doesn’t mean there’s truth to it.

When Nicolaus Copernicus offered the notion that earth was not the center of things in the universe in the mid 1500’s, that was pretty radical and probably drew some ridicule.  In those days of course, scorn was probably as scathing as lawsuits are today.   There are no records to show whether or not he decided to hire teams of re-butters to the naysayers, but instead went about offering compelling evidence to support his notion.  In fact, this was considered a pivotal moment in science since this spawned subsequent research and debates over the veracity of his claims.  It is doubtful that even if Lawyers.com were available in his day that he would have resorted to using them to push his theory. 

Such seems to be the case with Dr. Michael Mann, not the Miami Vice guy, the scientist who offered the hockey stick graph on the effects of global warming.  He’s offended by a well viewed YouTube video mocking his revelation and is threatening to sue.  This will truly mark a change in the way science is propagated for future generations.  Scientists will now merely require an in house legal staff in order to legitimize their findings or theories.  Much time will be saved having to retest or prove the science.  As we all know, research funds can be scarce and over time, the filing of legal science postulates will be routine.  College curriculums will offer combined science and law degrees for those wishing to established a vertically integrated science business.

In some respects, we have already even transcended legal debate on science issues since Nobel laureate Al Gore has stated that Global Warming is like gravity; it just is.  I’m not sure what room there is to debate that position legally, other than; is not.  Starting now, be prepared to see scientists on the podium announcing some breakthrough accompanied by his team of lawyers in the background.  The implications are that much of what we now accept as science may have to be reviewed by lawyers to determine the veracity of the postulates.  I’m thinking of such things as the Laws of thermodynamics, the Theory of relativity and others.  I fear real hell will break loose once they repeal the law of gravity.

link Op-Ed Contributor – We Can’t Wish Away Climate Change – NYTimes.com.

Our hero Albert Gore, rather than re consider his opinions based on the recent revelations surrounding erroneous and unproven data which were the foundations of  the Global Warming scam, instead is employing the time tested techniques of liberals: attack the detractors, not argue the facts.

“…  Some news media organizations now present showmen masquerading as political thinkers who package hatred and divisiveness as entertainment…”

A thinly veiled reference to Fox News, the only organization  not buying into Gore’s crackpot notions.  Naturally, those that don’t agree are divisive and hateful.  I”ll remember that line when anyone ever questions Canada’s hockey supremacy.  With the combination of record cold weather experienced by most of the world, in particular the U.S. northeast as well as scandalous revelations by IPCC scientists, one would think Al would be afraid to leave his 10,000 sq. ft. mansion to face the public.  How did he get past the torches and pitchforks?

As many may know, Gore is a lawyer by training, from Harvard no less and until recently, a politician by profession.  Now he’s making a name for himself in the Oracle business.  By any measure, he’s done well for himself, parlaying a political career and inventing the internet into riding the surf atop the big wave of environmentalism.  Being an ex VP of the U.S. makes him a valuable board member for corporations.  Hedge fund Kleinwort Perkins and tech companies Apple and Google thought so, thus, his name is on their roster.

Lawyers though, are trained for one thing in their professions; they are taught to win.  Facts and circumstances are inconvenient annoyances and merely obstacles to legal victory.  Think O.J. Simpson trial.  Scientists usually work the other way.  Once something is postulated, validation of empirical data is welcomed as a means of verifying a result.  Not only that, but the theories and models are continuously tested in real life. With the questionable practices that have come to light in the Global Warming business, an honest and rational person would at least stop and consider the new developments.  It’s as if despite the rocks brought back by the lunar astronauts, Gore still insists that the moon is made of cheese. A couple of bad samples don’t destroy his conviction.  Good if you’re a lawyer.  Not so good if you are in position of causing billions of dollars of wrong headed policies.  Never one to miss a chance to spice his rhetoric with dramatic hyperbole, he states that;

“…(we) face an unimaginable calamity requiring large-scale, preventive measures to protect human civilization as we know it…”

Really?  Human civilization as we know it?  Someone’s been watching too much Lost In Space.  He goes on;

“…What is important is that the overwhelming consensus on global warming remains unchanged. It is also worth noting that the panel’s scientists — acting in good faith on the best information then available to them — probably underestimated the range of sea-level rise in this century, the speed with which the Arctic ice cap is disappearing and the speed with which some of the large glacial flows in Antarctica and Greenland are melting and racing to the sea…” 

Consensus by whom?  What does consensus have to do with fact?  Not that long ago, the consensus of medical practitioners was that bleeding a sick patient was the sure cure for maladies.  And remember, global cooling was all the rage 30 years ago.  You can’t blame Al for refuting the facts, his carefully crafted empire is melting like the ice floes that he claims.  Unfortunately the jig is not up.  The hot air racket is big business.  With the massive dollars spent to build machinery  to benefit from cap and trade nonsense, the nascent industry won’t just roll over.  However, if Al can show me some mooncheese, I’ll eat that and my divisive words with humble humility and give  money to liberal causes.  Shiver.