{"id":290,"date":"2006-04-12T16:01:44","date_gmt":"2006-04-12T20:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=290"},"modified":"2006-04-15T18:43:04","modified_gmt":"2006-04-15T22:43:04","slug":"open-thread-on-lindzen-op-ed-in-wsj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realclimate.org\/index.php\/archives\/2006\/04\/open-thread-on-lindzen-op-ed-in-wsj\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread on Lindzen Op-Ed in WSJ"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We’ve received a large number of requests to respond to this piece<\/a> by MIT’s Richard Lindzen that appeared as an op-ed in today’s Wall Street Journal. We’ve had lots to say before about the Wall Street Journal (e.g. here<\/a> and here<\/a>), and we’ve had plenty to say<\/a> about Lindzen as well. Specifically, we have previously pointed<\/a> out that there is no evidence whatsoever that ‘alarmism’ improves anyone’s chances of getting funded – if anything it is continued uncertainty that propels funding decisions, and secondly, the idea that there is a conspiracy against contrarian scientists is laughable. There is indeed a conspiracy against poor science, but there is no need to apologise for that! But rather than repeat ourselves once again, we thought we’d just sit back this time and allow our readers to comment…<\/p>\n\n<\/div> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’ve received a large number of requests to respond to this piece by MIT’s Richard Lindzen that appeared as an op-ed in today’s Wall Street Journal. We’ve had lots to say before about the Wall Street Journal (e.g. here and here), and we’ve had plenty to say about Lindzen as well. Specifically, we have previously […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-climate-science","category-reporting-on-climate","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t