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Originally Posted by foreverwar
ps I believe that Global Warming is happening, just uncomfortable when groups say what and what can't be researched - if the research these "cod" groups produce is untrue, surely peer review will kill it dead.
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the point is that whilst scientists may be aware its cod scvience, the public and journalists may not. the royal society clearly believes there is a deliberate strategy to undermine what they see as legitimate scientific enquiry using illegitimate tactics due to commercial interest. my understanding is that the "science" they challenge is not subject to standard peer review.
as for freedom of speech, well if you have a lot of cash, from wherever it comes, your speech can be a helluva lot freer because you have greater access to mass communication mediums.