And me as well- have tried going through jisc several times about this.
Gail
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On 22 Feb 2010, at 17:50, "Youell, Martyn (MFA)" <[log in to unmask]
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> Sent: 22 February 2010 15:29
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> Subject: Re: [PSCI-COM] Science damaged by climate row says NAS chief
> Cicerone
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> I caught Robert Winston promoting a new book of his ('Bad Ideas') on
> Radio 4's Start the Week this morning. Apparently, his book contains
> something akin to a manifesto addressed to scientists. He said it
> calls
> on scientists to listen more to the concerns of the public. He
> mentioned
> evidence suggesting that scientists do better work when they listen in
> the way he was suggesting. When Andrew Marr asked him about whether
> the
> climate-change debate had played a part in this, he very deliberately
> said he stands on the fence on the nature and causes of climate change
> but said,
>
> 'but I think what I ask is for scientists to be somewhat sceptical,
> not
> because the evidence isn't overwhelmingly in favour of anthropogenic
> climate change but because actually if we're sceptical about our own
> results, that is better'.
>
> I doubt that kind of comment is going to endear him to the people who
> continue to insist that the blame for any damage to public trust in
> science stemming from the CRU affair can
> be levelled at irresponsible media reporting and the
> fossil-fuel-industry-sponsored depredations of the enemy they call
> 'climate denialism'. But I wonder if these calls for greater
> transparency and scientific scepticism aren't going to prevail over
> the
> blame-it-all-on-the-media-and-denialists camp. And if they do prevail,
> well, that's a kind of fallout I'd prefer to radiocaesium.
>
> Chris
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> Subject: [PSCI-COM] Science damaged by climate row says NAS chief
> Cicerone
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> Apologies for cross-posting
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> I'm interested to know whether anyone has any more evidence on this
> view. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8525879.stm
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> He alludes to "evidence that the distrust has spread" and the report
> suggests that BBC polls appear to be confirming this.
>
>
>
> If this is all true, what do people believe will be the ultimate
> fall-out in terms of public trust and engagement with science and
> scientists?
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