Pielke and Lomborg accused of “fact mongering”

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Pielke and Lomborg accused of “fact mongering”
charles the moderator / 12 hours ago January 12, 2019   
 
Posted on 10 Jan 19 by Paul Matthews

Here’s a remarkable example of the post-truthiness of some elements of contemporary academia.

A magazine called Issues in Science and Technology has published an article Fear Mongering & Fact Mongering, by Adam Briggle, a philosopher at a third-rate institution called University of North Texas.

The article starts by dismissing the old-fashioned claptrap of Poincaré and Feynman, and then talks about research misconduct and ‘responsible’ research. But the main thrust of the article is to try to introduce a concept of “fact mongering”.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2019/01/12/pielke-and-lomborg-accused-of-fact-mongering/