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Thu 12 Dec 2009Climate of conflict
If respected scientific bodies can’t come to agreement on supposedly fact-based issues, how can the public be expected to come on board, asks WILLIAM REVILLE
AT THE HEART of science is the objective search for truth. However, the scientific investigation of climate change may not merit high marks in this respect. The majority and the minority scientific explanations of current climate change are contradictory and both sides loudly accuse each other of dishonesty.
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