http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slogan_%27The_science_is_settled%27
I may have left some things out, or made some mistakes, but at least until shown otherwise, I think this type of edit is a model of what we ought to strive to do, i.e. find a way to characterize an issue in a way that both sides to a dispute can agree to, and refrain to the maximal extent possible from writing things that we know will only inflame passions on the other side.
--Jimbo
Jimmy Wales wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slogan_%27The_science_is_settled%27
I may have left some things out, or made some mistakes,
which strongly opposes the Kyoto treaty, claims that "US lead global
warming negotiator Stu Eizenstat misled the press at a November 10 press briefing. He announced that the "science is settled," parroting Vice President Al Gore's favorite non-truth, and went as far as to refuse to answer a reporter's question about the science.
Missing close-quote. Unclear where quotation ends
Jimmy Wales wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slogan_%27The_science_is_settled%27
I may have left some things out, or made some mistakes, but at least until shown otherwise, I think this type of edit is a model of what we ought to strive to do, i.e. find a way to characterize an issue in a way that both sides to a dispute can agree to, and refrain to the maximal extent possible from writing things that we know will only inflame passions on the other side.
Welcome to wikipedia, Jimbo! ;-)