bs2> .. historians Naomi Oreskes and Erick M. Conway document how a handful of right-wing ideologues — all scientists — have (mis)shaped U.S. policy for decades, delaying government action on life-and-death issues from cigarettes and second-hand smoke, to #AcidRain, and now, finally, to #ClimateChange.
https://grist.org/article/from-tobacco-to-climate-change-merchants-of-doubt-undermined-the-science/
#MerchantsOfDoubt #ManufacturedControversy #NaomiOreskes #ErickMConway
#ScientistsForSale #Tobacco #Cigarettes #ClimateScienct #ClimateDoubt
https://grist.org/article/from-tobacco-to-climate-change-merchants-of-doubt-undermined-the-science/
#MerchantsOfDoubt #ManufacturedControversy #NaomiOreskes #ErickMConway
#ScientistsForSale #Tobacco #Cigarettes #ClimateScienct #ClimateDoubt
From tobacco to climate change, ‘merchants of doubt’ undermined the science
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world.”— Margaret Mead Because Americans are optimists we tend to see Mead’s observation as upbeat and life-affirming (as it was probably intended). Blinkered by optimism, however, we miss the dark flip side of her observation — that a few fanatics can do immense […]