NYT: 'Climate scientists have taken a vicious beating in the media and on the Internet...they have to fight back' -- Skeptics demand: 'Stop trying to pass off garbage as science'
For months, climate scientists have taken a vicious beating in the media and on the Internet, accused of hiding data, covering up errors and suppressing alternate views. Their response until now has been largely to assert the legitimacy of the vast body of climate science and to mock their critics as cranks and know-nothings. “I’ll let you in on a very dark, ugly secret — I don’t want trust in climate science to be restored,” Willis Eschenbach, an engineer and climate contrarian who posts frequently on climate skeptic blogs, wrote in response to one climate scientist’s proposal to share more research. “I don’t want you learning better ways to propagandize for shoddy science. I don’t want you to figure out how to inspire trust by camouflaging your unethical practices in new and innovative ways.” “The solution,” he concluded, “is for you to stop trying to pass off garbage as science.” AWIP/WUWT: The Final Straw.