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“I was...labelled as an advocate because...I measured something.”

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Jeremy Jackson, born on October 16, 1980, is an accomplished American actor. He has gained widespread acclaim for his performances in various television series, particularly in youth-oriented dramas. more

“Why would scientists dedicated to uncovering the truth about the natural world deliberately misrepresent the work of their own colleagues? Why would they spread accusations with no basis? Why would they refuse to correct their arguments once they had been shown to be incorrect? And why did the press continue to quote them, year after year, even as their claims were shown, one after another, to be false?”

World Years Natural Argument Scientist Bases Claims Presses Climate Change Refuse Spread Dedicated Colleagues Natural World Accusation Uncovering

Author:Naomi Oreskes

“The very lack of evidence is thus treated as evidence; the absence of smoke proves that the fire is very carefully hidden...A belief in invisible cats cannot be logically disproved although it does tell us a good deal about those who hold it.”

Doe Belief Deals Fire Prove Evidence Cat Climate Change Absence Invisible Treated Smoke

Author:C. S. Lewis

“A wait-and-see policy may mean waiting until it is too late.”

May Mean Waiting Policy Late Climate Change Too Late

Author:Verner E. Suomi

“Yet again, unscientific claims were being circulated broadly, but the scientists' refutation of them was published where only fellow scientists would see it.”

Scientist Claims Fellows Climate Change Refutation

Book:Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming

Source: Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming

“At a recent conference, a colleague told one of us that in IPCC discussions, some scientists have been reluctant to make strong claims about the scientific evidence, lest contrarians "attack us". Another said that she'd rather err on the side of conservatism in her estimates, because then she feels more "secure."”

Feels Has Beens Said Strong Sides Evidence Scientist Claims Climate Change Secure Discussion Colleagues Conferences Conservatism Reluctant Scientific Evidence

Author:Naomi Oreskes

“All scientific work is incomplete - whether it be observational or experimental. All scientific work is liable to be upset or modified by advancing knowledge. That does not confer upon us a freedom to ignore the knowledge we already have, to postpone action that it appears to demand at a given time. Who knows, asks Robert Browning, but the world may end tonight? True, but on available evidence most of us make ready to commute on the 8:30 next day.”

Knows World May Doe Ends Action Next Asks Given Ready Demand Evidence Climate Change Available Upset Tonight Next Day Incomplete Advancing Liable

Author:Austin Bradford Hill

“Even when nuclear power plants go horribly wrong, they do less damage to the planet and its people than coal-burning stations operating normally.”

People Planets Plant Climate Change Nuclear Burning Damage Stations Coal Nuclear Power Power Plants

Author:George Monbiot

“For me music is a vehicle to bring our pain to the surface, getting it back to that humble and tender spot where, with luck, it can lose its anger and become compassion again.”

Pain Loses Compassion Music Is Anger Luck Humble Surface Spots Vehicle Tenderness

Author:Paula Cole

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