Re: [Phys-l] Prof. Hal Lewis resigns from APS

[brian whatcott <betwys1@sbcglobal.net>]

 On 10/11/2010 5:46 PM, Kyle Forinash wrote:
> /snip/
> Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway in 'Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful
> of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global
> Warming' do a pretty convincing job in claiming that a small handful of
> scientists (a dozen or so) with roots that go back to building the bomb
> have been instrumental in confusing people about tobacco, second hand
> smoke, acid rain, the ozone hole, and now global warming. Who are these
> people and why are they doing this? It is worth a read.
>
> kyle

Without pretending to offer an answer to this particular why, I am 
reminded of the saying;
"If you want something, ANYTHING in the US, all it takes is money."

Brian W