Is Scientific Consensus a Threat to Democracy?

chance_encounter writes "President of the Czech Republic Vaclav Klaus has published an article in the Financial Times in which he seems to equate the current global warming debate with totalitarian thought control: 'The dictates of political correctness are strict and only one permitted truth, not for the first time in human history, is imposed on us. Everything else is denounced ... The scientists should help us and take into consideration the political effects of their scientific opinions. They have an obligation to declare their political and value assumptions and how much they have affected their selection and interpretation of scientific evidence.' At the end of the article he proposes several suggestions to improve the global climate debate, including this point: 'Let us resist the politicization of science and oppose the term "scientific consensus," which is always achieved only by a loud minority, never by a silent majority.'"

Re:Finally, someone said it

[Anonymous Coward]

Nice troll fucktard. Global warming is real, it is not only man made but is specifically created by the USians. Why don't you think Shrub refuses to sign the Kyoto treaty? The fucktarded USians don't give a fuck about the rest of the world. The only sane ones are similar to Al Gore.

Re:Wow you're a fucking genius ... NOT

[spacebird]

So... the SUVs the dinosaurs drove brought about their extinction, then?

Re:Threat to democracy?

[ichigo 2.0]

You forgot the quotes around "position", "it's", "Gore" and ",". You also misspelled "I am a banana".

Re:Doesn't sound like Vaclav Klaus is a scientist.

[JM78]

That's a cynical perspective lumping all scientists into a category of corruption. It's not based in fact whatsoever and it's unclear to me how you managed to dupe /.ers into calling your comment insightful. I can only assume your hostility towards the scientific community comes from either having been beaten by a nerd with a beaker or you've got something to gain by discrediting nerds with beakers in general.