On 12 Mar 12, at 15:35, scary boots wrote:
> and yes, Francis, you can have opinions on 'hot topic' scientific
> issues without an iota of understanding or data ('Now I'm no
> scientist, but I know better than a global community of people who've
> dedicated their lives to studying it about planetary temperature
> fluctuations...') but most of the guys with staying power or a
> specialism have their doctorates.
No, Ms Boots, most of the guys and gals with staying power are those who understand the media, and know how best to feed and manipulate their audience. Relatively few jobbing academics have such skills, or appreciate the amorality of the media universe. Either that, or they understand the world and do not much care for it.
Francis
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Dr Francis Sedgemore
journalist and science writer
www.sedgemore.com
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