So don't be surprised when it produces unhinged zealots who try to use the power of the state or harassment by frivolous lawsuits to subvert the rules
of open scientific debate.
Scientists should embrace
the open scientific debate, and anyone who challenges that should be made very, very clear that without open debate, there simply is no science, no matter how much one is in favor of or opposes to particular people, statements and actions.
Those people not contrarian to
open scientific debate will be fully aware of the differing views and uncertainties in the field of climate change.
Those people not contrarian to
open scientific debate will be fully aware of the differing views and uncertainties in the field of climate change.
The challenge is to
open the scientific debate to a broader range of issues and a plurality of viewpoints and for politicians to justify policy choices in a context of an inherently uncertain knowledge base (e.g. Sarewitz 2004).