January 25, 2019 By Brian C. Joondeph
"Settled science" and BuzzFeed share a fatal commonality. Both are driven by an agenda rather than facts. BuzzFeed learned that lesson yet another time last week. Two years ago, the publication pushed the Clinton-bought phony and unverified Trump Russia dossier, which launched stories of collusion, FISA warrants, and the ongoing Mueller investigation.
In a bit of irony, it was the Mueller team that slapped down BuzzFeed's latest story accusing President Trump of asking Michael Cohen to lie to Congress. Imagine the fake news media being fact-checked by their hero, Robert Mueller.
So-called settled science faces similar collisions with reality. Driven by a particular agenda, whether financial or political, science becomes blinded to any contrarian views, insisting that the issue is "settled," shutting off any further inquiry, debate, or honest disagreement. In some areas of science, dissenters are labeled as "deniers" with threats of violence, loss of job, or even imprisonment.
The most prevalent example is climate. From global cooling in the 1970s to global warming in the 2000s, the names have changed, but not the agenda. Since climate models are misbehaving, not providing the desired predictions, the names have morphed into "climate change" or "extreme weather." But still the science is considered "settled."
Barack Obama in 2014 told Congress, "The debate is settled, climate change is a fact."
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My Take - As the article points out - "There is no such thing as consensus science. If it's consensus, it isn't science. If it's science, it isn't consensus. Period."
- and having someone as dumb as rock as Obama is doesn't change that.
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