April 05, 2002
From the desk of Mindles H. Dreck:Preparing for Lomborg in the Book Club
If you are planning to participate in Andrew Sullivan's book club on the Skeptical Environmentalist, here are some useful links:
Against:
Anti-Lomborg, compiled by pie-throwing lunatic Mark Lynas
Grist Magazine
Blog-style compilation by Jim Norton
Union of Concerned Scientists
Danish colleagues that don't like Lomborg
Lomborg's replies:
on his website
reply to Scientific American he had to remove from his website
Favorable
The Economist Review of TSE.
Cato Institute
Dartmouth Review
Electricity Daily
Spiked
Also, look for Ron Bailey's piece in the May Reason, which isn't available online yet. Let me know if you find other interesting links that you think I should post.
UPDATE: Ron Bailey's articles should be found here.
Posted by Mindles H. Dreck at April 5, 2002 11:55 AM | Technorati inbound linksIt may not be worth mentioning, but I reviewed a chapter of Lomborg's book that appeared in Skeptic Magazine, with special attention to infectious disease rates worldwide and their connection to environmental issues. Here is the permalink;
http://paulorwin.blogspot.com/?/2002_03_31_paulorwin_archive.html
Posted by: Paul Orwin on April 5, 2002 05:30 PMI'd highly recommend the Union of Concerned Scientists site. The Climate essay (by Mahlman) in particular is excellent. Very even handed, no ad-hominems, just a methodical repsonse and critique of Lomberg's poor understanding of the science in the field. And while the introduction is pretty obnoxious, the meat of the extinction essay (Wilson et al) was, to my eyes at least, a powerful rebuttal of Lomberg's arguments and evidence that calls into question either Lomberg's integrity or his research, given the gross errors in the data he presents.
Scientific American has also posted a reply to Lomberg's reply to their initial negative reviews. The whole sequence is at
http://www.sciam.com/explorations/2002/041502lomborg/
I'd highly recommend the Union of Concerned Scientists site. The Climate essay (by Mahlman) in particular is excellent. Very even handed, no ad-hominems, just a methodical repsonse and critique of Lomberg's poor understanding of the science in the field. And while the introduction is pretty obnoxious, the meat of the extinction essay (Wilson et al) was, to my eyes at least, a powerful rebuttal of Lomberg's arguments and evidence that calls into question either Lomberg's integrity or his research, given the gross errors in the data he presents.
Scientific American has also posted a reply to Lomberg's reply to their initial negative reviews. The whole sequence is at
http://www.sciam.com/explorations/2002/041502lomborg/
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