The Franciscan friar Roger Bacon[1] attempted to shift science and engineering from gratuitous adherence to the conclusions of the  ‘ancients’ by reasserting empiricism after studying some ancient Muslim texts on science. He aptly, in hindsight, recommended performing some serious scientific experimentation to search for truth.”[2] Of course, Aristotle had used his ‘deductive’ reasoning^[3] and deduced the wrong answers ^to just about every topic he thought about except for politics, which is not based on truth but on persuasion.  As such Bacon is the Western father of the scientific method.[4] He shifted the scientific world away from Aristotle and his “arguments based solely on tradition and prescribed authorities” towards facts, laws and, finally success.

The scientific community then utilized empirical methods to discover laws and such to solve numerous problems in science and engineering. They built up a huge library of findings, data and facts and numerous new products and processes were produced from scientific laws.

Unfortunately, some of the methods used by pure science led to facts, firm physical science laws, government policies and conclusions that ran afoul of certain political views.  It was necessary to reestablish the roles of something resembling the ancient authorities in some innovative authoritative trappings so that political notions could be converted into scientific  ‘truths,’ inserted into the physical world via textbooks and ‘studies’  thus influencing the basis of new government policy.  We continue to be successfully educated that human embryos have gills. The only caveat here was that the new ‘truths’ must be such that sound  scientific research could not refute them or that ‘research’ on the matter by politically-motivated ‘scientists’ would emerge first with fanfare and whistles thus forcing expensive and time-consuming counter research to verify the claims. In cases where there were numerous ‘studies’ the handy retort to any inquiry was to hold the political flash card “some studies show...” Where there is a swamp of confusing and uninterruptible data then the need to do more research is mandated to fend off reason from interfering in the circus. Much science today is simple whoredom and any politically expedient scientific conclusion from a needed study is for instant sale especially with tax monies.

Thus, the caricatures of Lysenko, Mesmer, Ted Turner, Meryl Streep and Rachel Carson emerged as supreme authorities in certain narrow but well-defined areas of the physical world where the desired political nostrums could supplant or preempt proper science. Reason was discarded and political theories could rapidly predict physical outcomes and medical phenomenon such as chemical toxicity with ease. The practice of scientific ‘research’ was now a political exercise with the novelty that the desired political conclusion trampled upon all of the steps of any traditional scientific framework.

The usurpation of science was effected and smoothly enabled by mental freak show hucksters like Rachel Carson and authoritative writings like her maudlin screed Silent Spring.[5] She was    apparently sick in body and mind and lashed out in fury at some chemical substance that did no harm: DDT is not harmful to birds or anything else except mosquitoes and other obnoxious insects.[6]  Carson was able to demonize this molecule and blame it for numerous ecological and biological atrocities in nature.  She corrupted sound scientific work with her phony interpretation of scientific results and was able to convince ignorant bureaucrats like EPA administrator William Ruckelshaus to ban the substance.[7] Ruckelshaus later “admitted in a letter to the president of the American Farm Bureau Federation (April 26, 1979) that "..the ban on DDT was a political decision rather than a scientific one…"[8] It is interesting that the shift from science to politics was based on the fear that Africa’s  population explosion could not be prevented any other way so millions would be left to die by malaria. The political mandate here was that those babies should be "Rather dead than alive and riotously reproducing." [Emphasis is mine in all quotes.] Such is a typical outcome of cases where politics corrupt scientific findings and reason.

This bit of Carson pseudo science actually surpassed the political follies of Lysenkoism[9] [10], the wild magnetic healing machines of Mesmer[11] and reminds us of the wondrous works of wizard Merlin. [12] This stuff is phony, of course, and all attempts to ‘predict’ the future of natural resources, temperature and such have resulted in abject failure. The silly book: The Limits to Growth[13] used a ‘computer model’ that hilariously predicted we would run out of oil, copper and lead by 1992 and deplete our natural gas reservoirs by 1993.  These fools actually produced a revision of their ‘model’ in the 90s which was ignored. I had a great time discussing their predictions in an Innovation Seminar a decade or so back and they could not apologize for their errors and promised that they would correct the mistakes in their new book. I never bothered to read that book. GIGO. [14]

There is no scientific evidence that DDT is harmful to humans but that did not prevent the Carson Effect from polluting scientific studies and rational outcomes. Once this form of political corrosion of science was enabled the attack was on to stop production of things like saccharine[15], NutraSweet[16], organic chemicals of all sorts with ‘research’ funded by leftists in government.  I had a chance to review the Toronto Study on bladder cancer in mice that was passed around the Yale Medical School as an example of how not to perform experiments in pharmacology.[17] This ‘study’ was a disgrace to science and belongs somewhere in some freak show theatre on Coney Island where its amusement attributes might be of benefit to somebody before they befall sobriety.

Continuing on from my previous blog:[18]The flight from reason of liberals is based on the frantic quest for political power [read tax mongering here] and has elevated al Gore and his EcoNazis[19][20] to grand heights.  The alarm: There is so little time left to save the planet!  Al Gore has pledged he will eliminate the internal combustion engine and other anti-capitalist maneuvers to save the planet, or, in the immortal words of Ted Turner to ‘save us from cannibalism,” or words to that effect. No matter that their computer models and other feather and drum ensembles give the wr0ng predictions.  This is all politics and devoid of any science. It seems that 21,000 scientists, I among them [21], have refuted this garbage but Al Gore and his political minstrel show  players honk their kazoos and call for more taxes and bans on energy. They have nothing except our tax monies.

The Czech President Vaclav Klaus was ready to debate al Gore on climate change:  

“Washington - Czech President Vaclav Klaus said Tuesday he is ready to debate Al Gore about global warming, as he presented the English version of his latest book that argues environmentalism poses a threat to basic human freedoms. "I many times tried to talk to have a public exchange of views with him, and he's not too much willing to make such a conversation," Klaus said. "So I'm ready to do it."[22] [Emphasis is mine in all quotes.]

Al Gore refused. He thinks the ‘matter is closed.’

The phony scientists cannot stand to have their final conclusions questioned or their computer models tested as they know that the scientific basis is equivalent to shoe scrapings. Thus, they must keep silent and appeal to the political groups who need the money and could care less about the weather or the science. They cannot stand a review or even explaine why their predictions do not square with reality.

C. Edmund Wright comments on this:

“When you understand this concept and examine the theory (also known as fact) that extreme environmentalism is a totalitarian ideology, it makes sense on many levels. Not the least of which are the resulting effects of totalitarianism or enviromentalism [sic] on free markets and more pointedly... the vast "coincidence" of the leftist and green movements' leaders. Apparently, inside The Beltway pundits have never bothered to even examine it. And they admit it.”[23]

Today’s opportune panic is focused on methane gas levels in the atmosphere. [24]So, now one of their computer models turns sour and they are frantic: Ignorant of the role of either carbon dioxide [CO₂]or methane [CH₄] they blindly assert that one level is compensating for the other in terms of global warming.

“WASHINGTON, Oct 29, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The amount of methane in Earth's atmosphere shot up in 2007, bringing to an end approximately a decade in which atmospheric levels of the potent greenhouse gas were essentially stable. The new study is based on data from a worldwide NASA-funded measurement network.[25] Methane - The Greenhouse Gas Suddenly Shot Up in 2007 By Rachelle Oblack

Is the earth warming?[26]The embarrassment here is that the earth surface temperature is falling not rising in a direct contradiction to their ‘models’ and today a British group calls this ‘research’ a swindle”:

“United Kingdom - A documentary film broadcast on Britain's Channel 4 in March, 2007 entitled "The Great Global Warming Swindle," reports a very different take on global warming than is being widely reported here in the United States. Graphs depicting data gathered by independent research scientists show that in every instance of recorded temperature change, there is a direct corresponding change in the sun's intensity. When solar activity goes up the Earth warms up. When it goes down the Earth cools. Are we being misled as to the true nature of global warming? And cooling? Is this merely a political ploy? These scientists provide evidence that may be the case.”[27]-- British documentary cites science, sun responsible for both global warming and cooling.

Professor David Russell Legates[28] is the Delaware State Climatologist, and an associate professor at the University of Delaware.[29] He has debunked these phony politicians masquerading as ‘scientists’ who need research money to exist. His  convincing and hightly professonal presentation is devoid of leftist follies and  shows that this effect from the sun’s fluctuating radiation direclty correlating with known hot and cold periods from history.

So, the planet is warming so we have some Global Warming Follies and then the sun’s output decreases and we have to change this circus to Climate Change and when the methane models wander off into la la land we need to ‘study’ the matter and tax carbon. But we still need to tax and tax and tax [30] and the fruit loops in Parliament decide to trash their economy in despair.

Isn’t this exciting!

Now, bear in mind that if there is confusion this just means we need to fund more research and take some more of your tax monies.  Just to be safe, we need to create some huge Carbon Tax that will destroy our society and that will ‘prove’ that the oceans did not boil away and that tax was justified. Your phony leftist government in action!

But we can help save the planet with our actions!

Sheryl Crow has a single-sheet of toilet paper solution to anthropogenic global warming Climate Change.[31] We desperately need more high-level science from Sheryl Crow, Al Gore, Michael Moore, Ted Turner and other distinguished leftists. We need to double our taxes immediately and hire more ‘scientists’ to work their Ouija boards and howl at the moon. Drug addicts should be placed at the top of the list.

Now, Communism, Obamamania and Environmentalism are indistinguishable.

rycK

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