[Coral-List] IPCC and coral reefs

[Steve Mussman]

   Dear Gene,
   I don't exactly know what you meant by your comment that "we both pretty
   much know where most coral reef scientists heads are. I would not expect
   them to read the NIPCC report even thou it has a large coral reef section
   based on peer reviewed literature".
   I find that coral scientists' heads are pretty much all over the map. They
   don't seem to be particularly inclined to group-think. As for The NIPCC, I
   find it troubling that anyone (especially someone with a science background)
   would attempt to favorably compare their list of lead authors and academic
   references to that of the IPCC.  No offense meant, but regardless of one's
   ideological predisposition,  to make that case borders on the absurd.  Steve
   -----Original Message-----
   >From: Eugene Shinn
   >Sent: May 15, 2014 3:00 PM
   >To: "coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov"
   >Subject: [Coral-List] IPCC and coral reefs
   >
   >Steve, Have you ever met a scientist that did not have an ideology? In
   >my experience with thousands of scientists both industry, government,
   >and academia, I can't recall any who did not have an ideology of one
   >sort or another be they Christians, Moslems, Buddists, Hindu, atheist,
   >etc. A scientist can always claim his or her results are statistical
   >correct and pure but remember the scientist still decides what subject
   >to work on in the first place.. It can work both ways. We both pretty
   >much know where most coral reef scientists heads are. I would not expect
   >them to read the
   >NIPCC report even thou it has a large coral reef section based on peer
   >reviewed literature. You can find that in chapter 6
   >http://climatechangereconsidered.org/ The reader should be remindned
   >that all the media buzz about the IPCC report is based on the Summary
   >for Policy Makers which was not written by the scientists who wrote the
   >IPCC report. Gene
   >
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