Gravity Not Legal?
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.