I was curious who this lynched scientist was, so did a quick wikipedia lookup. Turns out he actually is a "political science" (science?) educated person who wrote a controversial book which talked about climate change -- not denying it, but apparently advocating de-prioretising addressing it for economic reasons.
Interestingly complaints were filed to the Danish Committees on Scientific Dishonesty (some sort of government-related oversight committee) and his book was found "contained deliberately misleading data and flawed conclusions". This finding was later annulled on some procedural technicalities, but not on the substance. Also a bunch of scientists protested it on the basis that the book in question was "opinion" and not real "science" -- though the author himself appears to have disagreed with this. So basically the usual big stupid mess often seen when non-scientists attempt to cherry pick science to support their preferred political views.
This all happened around 20 years ago, so I assume this is the topic of the "lynching" being referred to. From what I'm reading about htis it seems more likely that around 20 years ago certain political biases started becoming more and more detached from scientific reality. And people who were called out for their lack of rigour and/or qualifications are considered to be "lynched". But I haven't read the primary material so I can't say for sure. "Lyching" certainly seems like probably an overstatement, however.
No, the conclusion of your second paragraph is incorrect. Here's the relevant line from Wikipedia, the last sentence being key: In December, 2003, the Ministry annulled the DCSD decision, citing procedural errors, including lack of documentation of errors in the book, and asked the DCSD to re-examine the case. In March 2004, the DCSD formally decided not to act further on the complaints, reasoning that renewed scrutiny would, in all likelihood, result in the same conclusion.
SciAm has been driving hard-left since 2000 (Score:3, Insightful)
...you know, back when I cancelled my 20+ year sub.
Like when they outright lynched Bjorn Lomborg.
This is just more of the same, SciAm + TDS = Biden endorsement.
Re:SciAm has been driving hard-left since 2000 (Score:5, Informative)
I was curious who this lynched scientist was, so did a quick wikipedia lookup. Turns out he actually is a "political science" (science?) educated person who wrote a controversial book which talked about climate change -- not denying it, but apparently advocating de-prioretising addressing it for economic reasons.
Interestingly complaints were filed to the Danish Committees on Scientific Dishonesty (some sort of government-related oversight committee) and his book was found "contained deliberately misleading data and flawed conclusions". This finding was later annulled on some procedural technicalities, but not on the substance. Also a bunch of scientists protested it on the basis that the book in question was "opinion" and not real "science" -- though the author himself appears to have disagreed with this. So basically the usual big stupid mess often seen when non-scientists attempt to cherry pick science to support their preferred political views.
This all happened around 20 years ago, so I assume this is the topic of the "lynching" being referred to. From what I'm reading about htis it seems more likely that around 20 years ago certain political biases started becoming more and more detached from scientific reality. And people who were called out for their lack of rigour and/or qualifications are considered to be "lynched". But I haven't read the primary material so I can't say for sure. "Lyching" certainly seems like probably an overstatement, however.
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So after it was overturned, t
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He is just a paid shill.:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]