I like reading New Scientist because it has so many interesting articles in fields I am interested in. They range from the amusing to leading edge technology and have always been interesting to read.
Lately though I noticed that they are fully behind the Global Warming/Cooling or whatever scam and push the idea that people, like me, that are not true believers are plain nutters. Of course it’s not put like that but the facts when they are negative are brushed over and where they support the scam they are put in full view.
Of course I’m biased. Anyone can tell that just by the use of the word scam but I’m not a real scientist. I have my opinions which sadly I can’t force on anyone nor do I want to (Had my fingers crossed there) However, you would think a Scientific Journal would be searching for the truth and would follow scientific principles to do so. Not jumping on a bandwagon and only showing articles that support one point of view.
It must have been like this back in the late 1400 when Copernicus said the earth revolved around the sun and not the other way around. At least then they had a history of knowing, just knowing, that it was the other way around. Scientific principles allowed the facts to be examined until this theory was proved. Yet again it was politicians and religious leaders that pushed their views and forced the facts to be discarded and replaced, destroyed or simply ignored. People were put to death then for daring to speak out. At the moment we have not gotten there yet, we just destroy their careers and lifes. Give it time though.
Now you may wonder why I’m mentioning this. Fear not because I’m going to tell you now. I’m always awkward to buy for at XMas because I don’t really want anything.I have most of what I want and the rest is not important to me. So for most of my life I am asked what do I want for XMas. I usually can come up with something eventually. Today though another subscription to New Scientist was suggested. Normally, I would have said OK but over the last few months I’ve noticed this bias so I said ‘No’. I don’t feel I can support them now with the bias. I’m going to let my subscription lapse and go with something different this time. Something I feel I can support. In the meantime I’ll just use the web site when I can and let their buddies support them. The benefits of capitalism.
If anyone elseis wondering what to get me I’ve still got space for an Aston Martin in the garage. Just a thought.
Facts, Figures and Faith
I like reading New Scientist because it has so many interesting articles in fields I am interested in. They range from the amusing to leading edge technology and have always been interesting to read.
Lately though I noticed that they are fully behind the Global Warming/Cooling or whatever scam and push the idea that people, like me, that are not true believers are plain nutters. Of course it’s not put like that but the facts when they are negative are brushed over and where they support the scam they are put in full view.
Of course I’m biased. Anyone can tell that just by the use of the word scam but I’m not a real scientist. I have my opinions which sadly I can’t force on anyone nor do I want to (Had my fingers crossed there) However, you would think a Scientific Journal would be searching for the truth and would follow scientific principles to do so. Not jumping on a bandwagon and only showing articles that support one point of view.
It must have been like this back in the late 1400 when Copernicus said the earth revolved around the sun and not the other way around. At least then they had a history of knowing, just knowing, that it was the other way around. Scientific principles allowed the facts to be examined until this theory was proved. Yet again it was politicians and religious leaders that pushed their views and forced the facts to be discarded and replaced, destroyed or simply ignored. People were put to death then for daring to speak out. At the moment we have not gotten there yet, we just destroy their careers and lifes. Give it time though.
Now you may wonder why I’m mentioning this. Fear not because I’m going to tell you now. I’m always awkward to buy for at XMas because I don’t really want anything.I have most of what I want and the rest is not important to me. So for most of my life I am asked what do I want for XMas. I usually can come up with something eventually. Today though another subscription to New Scientist was suggested. Normally, I would have said OK but over the last few months I’ve noticed this bias so I said ‘No’. I don’t feel I can support them now with the bias. I’m going to let my subscription lapse and go with something different this time. Something I feel I can support. In the meantime I’ll just use the web site when I can and let their buddies support them. The benefits of capitalism.
If anyone elseis wondering what to get me I’ve still got space for an Aston Martin in the garage. Just a thought.