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We need more scientific mavericks

“Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts,” said Richard Feynman in the 1960s.

The 500 major discoveries, almost all initiated before about 1970, challenged mainstream science and would probably be vetoed today.

Agencies claiming to support blue-skies research use peer review, of course, discouraging open-ended inquiries and serious challenges to prevailing orthodoxies. Mavericks once played an essential role in research.

We need more scientific mavericks | @guardianletters | Science | The Guardian

h/t to Peter William Lount

Mikey Mann’s “climate of doom in 2036” model puts us in a full blown ice age in 1960

In March, 1932 a tornado killed hundreds and injured thousands of people in five states. If this happened now, it would be called unprecedented and cited as unequivocal proof that man had ruined the climate.

31 Mar 1932 – 300 Dead In U.S. Tornado NEW YORK, March 23.

We employed a simple zero-dimensional Energy Balance Model (“EBM”—see references 1 through 5 below) of the form

C dT/dt = S(1-a)/4 + F_GHG –A–B T + w(t)

to model the forced response of the climate to estimate natural and anthropogenic radiative forcing.

Why Global Warming Will Cross a Dangerous Threshold in 2036 – Scientific American

An actual scientist would compare his assumptions about CO2 sensitivity versus measured data, and realize that his assumptions are wildly off-base. But Mikey apparently doesn’t come in that category.

‘Gun’ Tattoo Mistakenly Brings Heavily Armed Police To Maine Man’s Home

NORRIDGEWOCK, Maine (AP) — Police armed with assault rifles descended on a Maine man’s home after members of a tree removal crew he’d told to clear off his property reported that he had a gun. Turns out the “gun” the tree crew had seen on Michael Smith of Norridgewock was just a life-sized tattoo of a handgun on his stomach.

‘Gun’ Tattoo Mistakenly Brings Heavily Armed Police To Maine Man’s Home « CBS Connecticut

Al Qaeda calls for car bombs in US cities, other ‘crusader’ countries | Fox News

Progressives are very clear thinkers.

They endlessly derided Sarah Palin for predicting that Russia would invade Ukraine after Obama was elected. Then they awarded Obama the Nobel Peace Prize for what they predicted he would do.

Progressives live in an imaginary future, largely based on the amount of mind-altering drugs they have burned their brains out on.