Monday, November 02, 2009

Some Consensus, say 162 members of American Physical Society

162 members and fellows of the American Physical Society beg to differ with their organization's official position declaring that the Sky is Falling:

You have recently received a letter from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), purporting to convey a “consensus” of the scientific community that immediate and drastic action is needed to avert a climatic catastrophe.

We do not seek to make the scientific arguments here (we did that in an earlier letter, sent a couple of months ago), but simply to note that the claim of consensus is fake, designed to stampede you into actions that will cripple our economy, and which you will regret for many years. There is no consensus, and even if there were, consensus is not the test of scientific validity. Theories that disagree with the facts are wrong, consensus or no.

We know of no evidence that any of the “leaders” of the scientific community who signed the letter to you ever asked their memberships for their opinions, before claiming to represent them on this important matter ...
Read the rest here.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The APS has ~47,000 members.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Physical_Society