Ben Pile of Climate Resistance:
“For those that don’t know, post-normal science (PNS) is when ‘facts are uncertain, values in dispute, stakes high and decisions urgent’. That’s why you get Gretas, Guardians and Greenpeaces giving deadlines [urgency] about the end of civilization [stakes], ‘denial’ demonology and anti-democracy [values], the precautionary principle [uncertainty] and endless modeling [in lieu of facts],” Pile wrote on October 18, 2020.
“PNS is typically ‘hacked’. It changes the premises of ‘science,’ such that authority speaks louder than quality. It diminishes science as a process and emphasizes science as an institution. It politicizes science. It is anti-science,” Pile wrote.
“You can see this in full effect when disobedient *actual* scientists speak out of turn against their institutional superiors. The full force of the state and the ‘scientific’ institutions and media (including big tech) can be turned against them,” Pile explained.
For those that don't know, post normal science is when "facts are uncertain, values in dispute, stakes high and decisions urgent".
— Ben Pile (@clim8resistance) October 18, 2020
In post normal science, "science" becomes a performance, a ritual, and an opportunity.
There is precedent for it, as I've wasted decades of my life pointing out. https://t.co/sp9HCHNjf0
— Ben Pile (@clim8resistance) October 18, 2020
It changes the premises of "science", such that authority speaks louder than quality. It diminishes science as a process and emphasises science as an institution. It politicises science. It is anti-science.
— Ben Pile (@clim8resistance) October 18, 2020
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1317780311925755904.html
Professor Michael Levitt, who won the Nobel prize for Chemistry in 2013, was due to be the keynote speaker in December at a virtual conference on his areas of special expertise – computational biology and biodesign.
But the First International Biodesign Research Conference withdrew his invitation – according to Levitt because they had received ‘too many calls’ from other speakers ‘threatening to quit’ because of his views on Chinese coronavirus. He has long maintained that the threat is overblown and that ‘we’re going to be fine.’
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Morano comment: “Climate change skeptics have seen this type of crushing of dissent for decades when it comes to ‘climate change.’ Whether you support COVID lockdowns equates to whether you support the UN Paris Pact or Green New Deal in the climate world. If you oppose mandatory masks, that is like not believing in the alleged ‘97% consensus’ on climate. Can the government ‘control” a virus equates to can government ‘control’ the climate. The COVID/Climate connection runs deep.”
NO DISSENT ALLOWED: Polar bear expert Mitch Taylor barred from conference in 2009 over ‘extremely unhelpful’ skeptical global warming view– Attendance voted down by members because of his views on global warming’ — Research revealed bear ‘numbers are higher than they were 30 years ago’
“When the media says ‘listen to the science, what they really mean is ‘listen to the science that we didn’t censor from social media,’” explained Dr. Simone Gold about the censoring of views that diverge from the official public health stance about COVID-19 and lockdowns.
