If You Can’t Stand the Heat…
April 12th, 2006 by Wyatt
As an engineer and fan of science, there’s nothing more obnoxious than when fact is subverted for the sake of politics or influence. I’m convinced of the truth of a created universe with a designer. However, when things are discovered that may seem to refute that, I don’t choose to suppress it. I would rather the data come out so it can be freely analyzed. I believe that the truth is more powerful than any other argument I can make. In fact, suppressing the truth goes against what Christ taught:
“Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.” Proverbs 12:19
“Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6
All that is to say that the actions described by the scientific community in this article by Richard Lindzen drive me mad. He sums up the problem about the global warming community well:
Alarm rather than genuine scientific curiosity, it appears, is essential to maintaining funding. And only the most senior scientists today can stand up against this alarmist gale, and defy the iron triangle of climate scientists, advocates and policymakers.
The fact that he teaches at MIT is only a bonus to this story.