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I know the BBC won't, but please can we always call them deniers. Otherwise we tarnish the good name of scientific scepticism as well as giving the opposition some intellectual credibility Harriet On 31 January 2011 11:35, Christopher Shaw <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Be interesting to see how they get an hour from this - spokespeople for the > sceptic position are well paid shills for the profit motive. There, that > didn't take long. > > More useful I would have thought to focus on the cultural biases that make > it possible for some members of the public to believe that the sceptics have > the interests of ordinary people at heart. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Discussion list for the Crisis Forum > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Christian Hunt > Sent: 31 January 2011 11:15 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: climate sceptic doc. on BBC4 this evening > > Dear Crisis Forumers, > > This looks like it might be interesting. > > Best, > > Chr > > > > Meet the Climate Sceptics > > Filmmaker Rupert Murray takes us on a journey into the heart of climate > scepticism to examine the key arguments against man-made global warming > and to try to understand the people who are making them. > Do they have the evidence that we are heating up the atmosphere or are > they taking a grave risk with our future by dabbling in highly > complicated science they don't fully understand? Where does the truth > lie and how are we, the people, supposed to decide? > The film features Britain's pre-eminent sceptic Lord Christopher > Monckton as he tours the world broadcasting his message to the public > and politicians alike. Can he convince them and Murray that there is > nothing to worry about? > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00y5j3v > -- taking steps to prevent the earth from becoming completely unlivable should, for the moment, take precedence over tasks that do not do that