Dear list member,
Statisticians who have read about Lomberg's book ("The Skeptical
Environmentalist" or his recent articles in the Guardian newspaper) might
be interested in the following debate in London in 2 days time. All are
welcome.
- The State of the Planet:
an evening debate produced by spiked in association with
Cambridge University Press and The Royal Institution.
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Time and place:
Wednesday 12 September, 7.30pm
The Royal Institution, 21 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4BS
(Nearest tube station: Piccadilly Circus)
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Booking information:
Tickets: £7 or £5 concessions
Booking line: 020 7670 2985
Enquiries: 020 7409 2992
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Mick Hume, editor of spiked and a columnist with The Times,
will lead a discussion with Professor Bjorn Lomborg, Danish
statistician and author of The Skeptical Environmentalist and
Edward Goldsmith, founder of The Ecologist and author of The
Case Against the Global Economy and The Way.
The Skeptical Environmentalist has caused controversy by
claiming that many of today's beliefs about the lamentable state
of the Earth do not stand up to scientific scrutiny. So what is
the truth about the state of play with the planet in terms of:
crop failures; water shortages; disease; flooding; landslides;
sea storm surges; species extinction and disappearing forests?
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Readings:
Articles written by Professor Lomborg:
Environmentalists tend to believe that, ecologically speaking,
things are getting worse and worse. Bjorn Lomborg, once deep green
himself, argues that they are wrong in almost every particular.
http://www.economist.com/science/PrinterFriendly.cfm?Story_ID=718860
Global warming is the greatest threat to mankind. Wrong, says Bjorn
Lomborg. In the last of his three exclusive essays for the Guardian,
he argues that cutting carbon emissions is a pointless waste of money.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4240581,00.html
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