Not exact matches
He made a series of statements in a 1978 Science
paper that are startling given his role as a spokesperson for science: ``... unconscious or dimly perceived finagling, doctoring, and massaging are rampant, endemic, and unavoidable in a profession [science] that
awards status and power for clean and unambiguous discovery»; «unconscious manipulation of data may be a
scientific norm»; «scientists are human beings rooted in cultural contexts, not automatons directed toward external truth».
For her work, Spence, the lead author, recently received the Carson Best
Paper Award for the best scientific paper published by a Ph.D. student in biological sciences a
Paper Award for the best
scientific paper published by a Ph.D. student in biological sciences a
paper published by a Ph.D. student in biological sciences at UD.
However, I find it baffling how a 24 year old «blogger» with no qualifications or credentials in the aforementioned disciplines of study, has the audacity to write an article attempting to refute the claims and findings of a man with 40 + years experience in
scientific research, a who was involved in the discovery of dioxin, recognized as one of the most deadly toxins ever found, a man who has written hundreds of
scientific papers, a recipient of numerous
awards for his work as a biochemist and a man who directed the most comprehensive study of diet, lifestyle and disease on humans, ever.
Dr. Shukla has authored or co-authored nearly 250
scientific papers [7] and was a lead author on the 2007 report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which was
awarded a Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore later that year.
c. Bear in mind, that these «skeptic scientists» are, believe it or not, generally highly qualified, not just dumb «science deniers», either because they managed to survive the test of long «research funding drought» and extreme hard scrutiny of their
papers in the peer review process (as opposed to
papers supporting «consensus» compatible views, Naomi Oreskes may introduce a weighing factor in their
paper count), or because they just can not be ignored due to their high
scientific merits /
awards or because they are financing themselves, or because they are already retired or semi retired, now independent from funding.
He also lead - authored the
paper Quantifying the Consensus on anthropogenic global warming in the
scientific literature, which was tweeted by President Obama and was
awarded the best
paper published in Environmental Research Letters in 2013.