World Academic Summit: ‘same contrarian nonsense’ on Covid and climate change

People will always ‘come up with the same bullshit’ to support anti-science agendas, says Nasa scientist

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September 6, 2021
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September 16, 2022
Anna McKie
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#1 Submitted by Tom Gardiner on September 7, 2021 - 9:44am
Dr Schmidt seems to be someone who thinks the truth is found in the consensus view. In my field at least 2 Nobel laureates spent the greater part of their careers struggling against the tide of pseudoscientific and persinal abuse from the consensus group.

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