Kendrick Crosby Frazier is a science writer and editor of Skeptical Inquirer magazine for over 30 years. He is also a former editor of Science News, author or editor of ten books, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Ken's pick: "Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience."
It was great that you brought up the elephant in the room: economics as a field to be examined by skeptical inquiry.
ReplyDelete(Particularly relevant with econo-libertarianism being promoted today by the Republican Party, what Paul Krugman labels a 'cult'.)
Massimo,
ReplyDeleteI am a committed leftist who knows plenty about climate science (with a PhD even!) who is skeptical of existing predictions of the magnitude and consequences of anthropogenic global warming. Is this one counter-example sufficient to undermine your claim that climate skeptics are driven by ideology? Maybe not. But I take exception to suggestions that my motivation may be in any way similar to libertarian wackos in the U.S. I just think I am uber skeptical...
No, your case doesn't refute the fact that there is a tendency for libertarians to reject ACG. That doesn't mean there aren't other motivations for other people, ideological or not.
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