January 15, 2002
From the desk of Mindles H. Dreck:Bjorn Lomborg and the Scientific Method
For all the shrill accusations and puerile or Ad Hominem attacks against Bjorn Lomborg, few people have pointed out really serious flaws in his methodology. Most are obsessed with his purported lack of establishment credentials. Many of his critics winge on and on about how he's wasting their time with his uncredentialed prattle.
But he's not. I can think of no better way to further the the state of knowledge on the subjects in Lomborg's book than to air the debate in public. In that spirit, Lomborg takes on every single criticism on his page. Have a look, it's a good read.
Regardless of what you think of Lomborg, he's doing the scientific method a service. E.O. Wilson's complaints (linked above under "winge", if that's how you spell it) sound hollow indeed.
And what is with the pie throwing "journalist"Mark Lynas? It says something about the deep insecurities he's feeling that he had to to heave a pie into Bjorn Lomborg's face at a book signing. Lynas should lose his ticket to the discussion for that one. Apparently he did it out of enraged solidarity with the supposedly soon-to-be-submerged people of Tuvalu. One small problem is their island isn't sinking and they know it.
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