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

["Dr. Richard Tarara" <rtarara@saintmarys.edu>]

Brian,

Are you suggesting here that we should not trust science done by anyone with 
non-scientific beliefs, anyone who claims to have a religious belief?  I 
know the intelligent design crowd confuses belief and science, but how do we 
trust the logic and intellectual integrity of those with somewhat similar 
'unscientific' beliefs?  ;-)

Rick

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "brian whatcott" <betwys1@sbcglobal.net>
>  On 10/13/2010 11:56 AM, marx@phy.ilstu.edu wrote:
> > /snip/
> > Since the land and sea temperature data is very inaccurate and the 
> > historical measurement record is
> > somewhat incomplete and unreliable, we are left with the satellite 
> > temperature measurements since
> > 1979.  These are updated monthly from UAH.  Please see this website for 
> > this data. Are you saying
> > that the  continuous increase in CO2 correlates well with the observed 
> > global temperature changes
> > observed?
> >
> > http://www.drroyspencer.com/latest-global-temperatures/
>
> Ah yes; there's an academic name to conjure with: A featured guest on
> the Rush Limbaugh show.
> Spencer is a proponent of intelligent design as the mechanism for the
> origin of species.^
> He is an author of at least two scientific textbooks which feature the
> word "politics" I believe.
>
> Brian W
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