[FRIAM] on Feynman, again

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I think it's natural for someone struggling toward an objective to accept resources from wherever.  A useful example is the Templeton Foundation's funding. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Templeton_Foundation  They fund some cool stuff, e.g. https://u.osu.edu/friedman.8/.  But the TF's religious bent is pretty worriesome.

Regardless, Robinson holds the same political positions as the Heartland Institute, as far as I can tell.  So, it's a good match in many ways.

Re: speculation -- It's an equivocation to claim that we're speculating on the effects of AGW.  I'm OK with that, of course, witness my argument with Nick about whether or not one can doubt (or need speculate on) the existence of the floor when you get out of bed. >8^D  But there is at least a spectrum of types of speculation.  I can speculate that a rock will fall to the ground when I let go and I can speculate the existence of white holes.  They're different types of speculation because they depend on your belief in induction and judgments about the strength of whatever evidence is provided.  My answer w.r.t. the effects of AGW is that our physical models are really all we have.  So, yeah, don't trust them implicitly.  But to ignore what those models predict would be to ignore all we have ... and that would be a bit silly.


On 10/13/2017 08:59 AM, cody dooderson wrote:
> Good Article. It portrays Robinson as a maverick but still a scientist who is ultimately interested in the truth. I respect that. My question is how does someone who respects truth get along with the Heartland institute, which I have always thought of as a well funded machine for corporate propaganda?  I mean, don't his views on nuclear energy stand to ruin the fossil fuel industry that heavily funds it. He even acknowledges climate change but views it as a good thing for humanity. Aren't we all just speculating on the effects of anthropogenic climate change anyway. It's not like it's happened before. 

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