Leading Global Warming Skeptic Lindzen: Time to Abandon the 'Skeptic' Label
M.I.T. professor says 'skepticism' implies anthropogenic global warming theory a 'plausible proposition.' If you listened to Barack Obama back during the 2008 presidential campaign, you may recall him explaining that words matter. According to leading climate scientist and M.I.T. professor Richard Lindzen, there is a good bit of wisdom in that, as it pertains to the debate about global warming. Lindzen, speaking at the Heartland Institute’s International Conference on Climate Change on May 17 in Chicago, explained that by assuming the “skeptic” label, the anti-global warming alarmist movement implies the theory is plausible. And according to the M.I.T. professor, it isn’t. “One suggestion I’d make is we stop accepting the term ‘skeptic,’” Lindzen said. “As far as I can tell, skepticism involves doubts about a plausible proposition. I think current global warming alarm does not represent a plausible proposition.” Lindzen told the audience the alarmists have simply failed to prove their case. Daily Telegraph: Only morons, cheats and liars still believe in Man-Made Global Warming. AWIP: Richard S. Lindzen