http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/2/24/6572/11170

Allegations have been swirling for a while now that last fall, in the aftermath 
of Katrina and Rita, the public may have been grossly misinformed regarding the 
connection between global warming and hurricanes. Some might go so far as to say 
cable and network news viewers were intentionally misled. One highly reputable 
climate researcher was willing to go on the record with this exclusive statement 
for Daily Kos readers and Science Friday:

    DR Michael Mann: Director, Earth System Science Center (ESSC); Penn State 
Department of Meteorology, blogs at Realclimate: http://www.realclimate.org/
 "We were hearing operatives from the National Hurricane Center (NHC) repeating, 
as if on cue, the mantra that this was all just part of a "natural cycle" in the 
climate. Mind you, the peer-reviewed scientific literature was indicating just 
the opposite. But not a hint of that from the NHC folks. Nothing but certainty 
in their pronouncement that this was all part of a "natural cycle" (and thus, 
nothing to worry about). Surreal is the only way I can describe it." 

Hypothetically speaking, assuming money and power are no obstacle, how would one 
go about selling a line of pseudoscientific tripe as the genuine item to the 
laypublic? Well, you might fund a think tank to manufacture fake science and 
present it as the real deal. An oldie but a goodie. Or you might try 
discrediting scientists in general, paint them as whacked-out ideological flakes 
who make up crazy shit about the weather for some kind of nebulous self-serving 
reason (As opposed to say, non-profit right-wing televangelists who can prove 
beyond any doubt that hurricanes are Divine retribution). And dangle enough fame 
and fortune in front of science professionals in any field, even trauma surgeons 
for example, and you'll probably find some who are willing to swear on national 
TV that decapitation isn't fatal.

But to get a handle on this lesson in the science of deception, we must first 
briefly review the science of a hurricane. Because the general formula for fraud 
we're going to cover is sophisticated in its Orwellian way. And if it's actually 
in play, it's also slicker than diarrhea and about as revolting.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/2/24/6572/11170

Alan

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