The recent and concerning collapse of the once revered scientific process in large parts of the climate change and medical community is detailed in a highly critical ‘open review’ paper from the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF). Someday, charge the authors, there will need to be an inquiry into how so many scientific bodies abandoned core principles of scientific integrity, took strong positions on unsettled science, took people’s word for things uncritically, and silenced those who tried to continue the scientific endeavour.
Universities have abandoned their historical role of open and disinterested enquiry on behalf of humanity, and “should be sanctioned for this by revoking their charitable status”. Group-think that maintains prevailing fads and supresses dissent on behalf of alleged ‘consensus’ is the opposite of the central purpose of universities. Mainstream media have long been uncritical receptacles for alarmist ‘clickbait’ political scare stories, and this, it might be added, encourages self-promotion among aggressive publicity-hungry scientists. There are many errors and deceptions and much censorship, state the authors, blighting the complete story being told in an unbiased manner. Singling out the behaviour of state broadcaster the BBC, they note: “Any reasonable observer will wonder whether Ofcom [the state regulator] is asleep at the wheel, not requiring the BBC to correct the errors it has been made aware of by experts, nor return to some form of neutrality.”
The report is mainly written by Professor Michael Kelly, the former Prince Philip Professor of Engineering, Trinity Hall, Cambridge University, and Clive Hambler, Science Lecturer at Hertford College, Oxford. There is also economic input from Professor Roger Koppl from Syracuse University. The full GWPF report is due to be published in December and the paper is currently open for review, comments and contributions from other academics. The GWPF notes habitual attacks on its work from activists, and its ‘open review’ policy is explained here.
The realisation that genuine free speech and scientific enquiry is being replaced by strict politicised requirements to adhere to orthodoxy and pre-set narratives grows with every appalling ‘climategate’-style scandal. Regular readers will need little reminding of the recent retraction of the Alimonti et al. paper by Springer Nature following a year-long campaign by a small group of activist scientists and journalists. The paper, whose lead author was Professor of Physics Gianluca Alimonti, reviewed past weather trends and found no data to support the politically-termed ‘climate emergency’. World headlines have also been devoted to the astonishing story of Dr. Patrick Brown of Johns Hopkins University, who blew the whistle on his recent paper published in Nature on California wildfires. He said he wrote it according to the approved script boosting the role of ‘climate change’ and downplaying any natural causes and the horrendous role played by arsonists.
The full publication of the GWPF paper will add to the growing concern and alarm about the science advice given to governments and the media for onward distribution to the public. The corruptions involved in this process are seemingly built into the current system. Trillions of dollars now back the Net Zero collectivisation project across the world, and most scientists, largely paid for by politicians and wealthy green elites, are fully onboard the gravy train.
The GWPF authors aim to push back by maximising the diversity of advice, challenging advice through opposing ‘red’ teams, ensuring a reasonable level of accountability for scientists to discourage hype, and protecting scientists from career damage if they rationally disagree with mainstream views. Institutions should not take official positions on scientific issues, “since this stifles diversity of thought, freedom of speech and the reliability of advice”. Scepticism must be recovered as a respectful term for scientific behaviour from its present position as an insult, “and reinstated as a core duty of universities and learned societies”, demand the authors.
The authors are particularly dismissive of the role of computer models in the recent Covid pandemic and the promotion of climate change alarm. In the U.K., the “gross misuse” of Covid computer models in the absence of robust data to measure them against is noted. Along with a “paucity of challenge” to scientific advice, this may have contributed to “death tolls, economic decline and societal ills”.
On the climate side, the models have produced temperature forecasts two to three times higher than the actual data eventually showed. What is worse is that the results are getting more inaccurate. If the models were actually modelling the evolving climate, the gap would be narrowing. The inaccuracy is a “major embarrassment” and would not be tolerated in any other field of science, and certainly not in engineering. Separation of human-induced warming from natural temperature variation is far more difficult than that portrayed by the UN-funded Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC), since experimentation and replication is “simply not possible”. The inability to model significant parts of the atmosphere are “fatal flaws” in any system that is supposed to be predicting future climate change.
Yet, as regular readers will again recall, computer models play a vital part in promoting the unhinged Thermogeddon fantasies of people like the UN Secretary-General Antonio ‘global boiling’ Guterres. The UN-backed IPCC seems addicted to using computer models incorporating a ‘pathway’ of 5°C global warming within less than 80 years. Over 40% of its impact predictions are based on this forecast, despite an admission it is of “low likelihood”. According to a recent Clintel report, over 50% of clickbait climate science papers incorporate this pathway in a seemingly desperate attempt to attract the attention of activists writing in the mainstream media.
Chris Morrison is the Daily Sceptic‘s Environment Editor.
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I’m not at all sure we should be looking for strictly biological explanations especially when the pill has been with us for so long. Were it responsible for these odious phenomena, we should have noticed long before now.
It strikes me, therefore, that the author is trying to smuggle a hard, clerico-conservative line (“Ooh, the wicked pill!”) under cover of due objections to an authentically alarming development. Far wiser to take a right-wing Enlightenment line.
So, why are so many “identifying” as deviant – to use a forceful, old fashioned term?
Can you ask? Are the streets not plastered with the new “rainbow” hammer and sickle? Do people not lose their jobs, their bank accounts, their futures if they question the “rainbow” doctrine in public? Don’t schools routinely ram this sort of crud down pupils’ throats? And are there not serious social disadvantages now imposed on authentic normality?
The young live by the approval of their peers and this in turn is shaped by the masters of culture. The masters of today’s culture are a parcel of neo-Bolshevik sh*ts, happy to push confusion and mutilation until the cows come home – presumably as “bulls”. Thus, youngsters squeeze away from the baleful inquisitors’ eyes with pleas of this or that form of impairment or handicap. They are “depressed”, they are “trans”, they are a cat! Anything to find some kind of slap on the back.
Fascinating to note, at this point, that the left in its current “rainbow” guise, has regrouped all sorts of deviancy which it once declared “healthy” alongside diseases, alongside madness itself, which evils it now pronounces good. “Fair is foul and foul is fair,” as the witches have it, “Freedom is Slavery” as Orwell updated it.
There lies your explanation – rule by yet another set of gnostic nutters; not the poor old pill.
Do we have a control? We can surely only make sense of this by comparing the rates of LGBTQness across regions. I live in Vietnam and I can state with relief and almost complete confidence that LGBTQ++++ ideology simply doesn’t exist here. I’d expect the rate of homosexuality to be much, much lower amongst millennials and genZs than the very end-days-of-Rome West, even though the amount of chemical pollution is probably just as high.
Indeed – let’s have a correlation with, say, numbers of prescriptions for contraceptives and or other hormones across these several generations, and as you say compare it across cultures.
I don’t know about contraceptive pill use in Vietnam, but I’ll wager it’s pretty high in China given the history of the single-child policy.
Also, feminisation is one thing – gender queer and the like seem uncannily parallel to academic developments since Simone de Beauvoir declared that sex-differences are assigned, not inborn.
I too lived in Vietnam in the 1990s (when I believe homosexuality was illegal there) and while it was quite under the radar, there definitely was a gay scene in Hanoi, at least. But of course, you wrote about LGBT ideology which is quite a different thing! Plenty of countries that I have worked in have a ‘gay’ scene comprised of men who would run a mile if you called them gay – I believe the sexual health people invented the term ‘MSM’ to cover this group.
The article above writes about those who ‘identify’ as LGBT, but I think if they actually ask ‘have you indulged in a same-sex fumble in the past 12 months’ they get a very different (much lower) answer, so that tends to support a social cause.
As to whether chemicals in the water could contribute, I remember when at university studying dog whelks in the Firth of Clyde – we couldn’t find one that wasn’t intersex as a result of Tributyl tin in the water – so it could be an interesting line of enquiry.
I must’ve led a sheltered life as I had to Google why Gen X, Y (millennials) and Z were so called. Turns out some Canadian scribbler called Douglas Coupland wrote a book entitled Generation-X and voila! the term stuck.
As an early ‘Boomer,’ I find the numbers at the top of the article astounding, since not having led an entirely sheltered life, I didn’t happen across my first ‘G’ until the 70s and have yet to knowingly meet ‘B’ or a ‘T.’ I tried convincing myself that I got snubbed on the dance floor at the Mecca in the 60s because many of the lasses I propositioned were of the ‘L’ persuasion. In reality, I’ve met two.
Aware of the British love of a cup of tea, it appears that progressive activists have succeeded in positioned themselves, as elsewhere within the commanding heights of British society, particularly the armed services, at a senior level within the regional water companies.
Elevated levels of bromide within Britain’s water supply have recently been detected.
As many contributors here will know, bromide has long been added to British Army tea with a variety of eccentric effects noticeable particularly amongst junior officers of Regiments such as the Royal Hussars, Lancers, Parachute Regiment and, of course, the Queens Regiment.
Could it, I wonder, be that the senior management of our water companies, under the disguise of tanker loads of sewage discharged into our rivers are also adding massive quantities of bromide?
Isn’t the ‘bromide in tea’ thing a myth?
I remember when ‘conspiracy theorist’ Alex Jones was ‘ fact-checked’ way back in 2010 for talking about this exact same thing….even though I’d heard this even before then…
“Chemicals in the water are turning frogs gay…..One of Jones’ most notorious conspiracy theories ….. In a rant that has since become a meme and a line of t-shirts, Jones said he didn’t like the government “putting chemicals in the water that turn the friggin’ frogs gay.”
Then came the studies…there a numerous ones you can look up, on-line…and all finding the same thing….
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124422894
Atrazine is widely used as weedkiller on American farms. And a new study shows this common chemical may have gender-bending effects on frogs. Host Guy Raz talks to biology professor Tyrone Hayes about his work with atrazine and frogs. Hayes found that 9 of every 10 male frogs he exposed to atrazine became chemically castrated. And that other 1 out of every 10? Well, he became a she….In 2002, biologist Dr. Tyrone Hayes conducted a series of experiments that revealed that the most common herbicide, Atrazine, “feminized” male frogs at concentrations below that allowed in drinking water in the United States.1 He hypothesized that Atrazine works as an endocrine-disrupting chemical (EDC), converting testosterone to estrogen in frogs. Hayes’s research ignited an ongoing political controversy over whether Atrazine causes hermaphroditism in amphibians, humans, and other species…
Is there a ‘conspiracy theory’ that isn’t bloody true!!?? LOL!
Master herbalist Stephen Harrad Buhner flagged up this issue at least 25 years ago if not longer, as well as the oestrogenic effects of other chemical like the herbicides. So no, it’s not a new issue or a conspiracy theory and there were academic papers written about it even back then. It’s something I’ve been giving thought to in recent years as much because of the dysphoria thing as the extraordinary increase in man boobs in even relatively healthy chaps, plus the increasing incidence of male breast cancer:
‘…risk factors for male breast cancer include obesity, older age, radiation exposure, a family history of breast cancer, overdeveloped breast tissue (or gynecomastia), exposure to estrogen and heavy alcohol use.’
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/breast-cancer/male-breast-cancer-a-rare-increasing-trend
That is very interesting. Gerald Posner Gerald Posner investigation into the pharmaceutical industry — Gerald Posner 2020 book is a fascinating read and no he does not think the birth control pill was adequately tested before being prescribed to millions of women.
Why do we still use the term “breast cancer” when we can no longer use the term “breast feeding”? Chest cancer surely?
The second that you use a “herbalist” as a source, I’m going to ignore you.
It’s a wonder that giraffes have survived through the ages. They’re all gay, you know. What, you need proof? Well they look it!
LOL! It’s those gay little horns isn’t it??
No, it’s more about the way they run.
And throw. Sure sign of a female.
Any advice on a reliable way to filter drinking water?
Reverse osmosis water filters are allegedly the best, but both Berkefield (UK) and Berkey (US) water filters are supposed to clear at least some.
https://waterfiltergeek.co.uk/best-water-filter-to-remove-hormones-uk/
I’m confused by this bit;
”Medical advice is to stop taking the pill whilst pregnant “as a precaution“.
Isn’t the main reason females take the pill the fact that it acts as a “precaution”? A precaution against falling pregnant? Given that it is a contraceptive and everything…Surely you stop the pill then get pregnant, in that order. I’m not really sure why any sane female would be on the pill whilst pregnant. Perhaps I misunderstood something when I speed-read that…
“I’m not really sure why any sane female would be on the pill whilst pregnant.”
Maybe the medical advice is for females who are not sane, or at least not sane enough to stop taking the pill if they become pregnant.
Though apparently it is possible to get pregnant again while pregnant, it’s known as ‘superfetation’ but it’s extremely rare.
Hi Mogwai,
The link provided in my article helps to explain this, though I agree it is a little confusing. Here is a link to another article providing further information on the subject:
https://www.medicinesinpregnancy.org/Medicine–pregnancy/The-mini-pill/
Thank you!
No doubt the advice is for those who don’t know they’re pregnant. As soon as they don’t find out they should stop taking it.
No need to take the pill when pregnant as the pregnancy acts as a natural contraceptive. Unless anyone can cite evidence of a pregnant woman becoming pregnant again when already pregnant?
I think it’s far more likely that large numbers of men with the kink known as autogynephilia have suddenly been given the green light to indulge their kink and not only that, it’s now protected and recieves billions in grant funding. Not *every* person who believes themselves to have a gender that is not consistent with their biological sex has the autogynephilia kink of course but I would be willing to wager it’s the kink and not actual dysphoria that’s driving the numbers explosion.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22005209/
I’m sure it’s pure coincidence that the rise in people identifying as LGBT coincides with the West becoming more and more dystopian in just about every area.
It is very difficult for a man to examine his testosterone levels throughout his life. The tendency is to attribute things to getting older and the memories of high testosterone youth aren’t always pleasant ones. It makes a huge difference to everything and there are t hings you can do to improve this situation but it is a hard subject to tune into because it seems a bit silly and vain but this isn’t the case because it is the basis of your energy levels and affects everything about your future
I looked up the details of my drinking water by going to the website of Anglian Water, where you can do a postcode search which returns the local water quality and treatment protocols in your area. The water was described as “hard”, which is incidentally how most males in my area would describe themselves. So maybe, yes, there’s something in the water.
The hard-core hillbillies around here would balk at the suggestion they’re being feminized by the water!
Ther water is just one thing amongst many. Why doesn’t anyone notice the dramatic decline in insect populations over the last few years. You aren’t going to be able to escape the toxins they are too potent and there are too many of them. So there is acceptance that we are likely in a sub-optimal state which seems to be degrading at a rapid rate. Awareness doesn’t come to the masses in waves of information but it comes through accumulation of experience and then suddenly there is a thwack like a Zen master hitting you with his stick because you were drifting off. Look at how much cash has been withdrawn from banks in the UK over the last four weeks.
As Alex Jones puts it so succinctly: ‘They’re turning frogs gay!’
I wonder how much cancer and other damage is caused by this and whether domestic water filters in jugs clean any of this out… (water jugs, that is, not jugs growing on men!!)
This book explains it well. What we are seeing now is nothing new and took place in ancient civilisations.
This book explains it well, checkout the reviews…
https://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Return-of-the-Gods/dp/B0BBN53PWX/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?adgrpid=144239813427&hvadid=621632421555&hvdev=m&hvlocphy=9045852&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=9328553555025074605&hvtargid=kwd-1674935301041&hydadcr=13663_2323583&keywords=return+of+the+gods+jonathan+cahn&qid=1690054546&sr=8-1
If you think about it, if they can disrupt your physiological functioning then all political discussions become redundant because the realm of civil discourse presupposes a world without chemical weapons. It is predicated on the idea of rational decisions and these toxins rob us of far more than that. If we can say to each other that we recognise the poisoning and we might feel it ourselves then there is the start of a movement which is going to happen anyway. If you’re canny then you can see where this is going and you will align yourself accordingly.
Can’t anyone spot the attention-seeking here. In my day, it was about getting on with a career and our lives. Suffice to say you’ll find a woodlice under a rock if you look under enough of them. Tut, tut Daily Sceptic.
I one found a wood louse in some hotel muesli, does that count?
It seems logical to me that taking a regular medication which is hormone-based and intended to prevent pregnancy, will have wider consequences if that medication gets into the rest of the population. Which it undoubtedly does through treated tap water.
I suspect it is a contributory factor, along with changes in the law relating to homosexuality and more recently transgenderism, plus several decades of social conditioning.
I applied the precautionary principle to the original “pill” decades ago and never took it. Although I did take the mini-pill for a couple of years in my early 40s. I sailed through the menopause with absolutely none of the usual symptoms ….. and I do wonder whether not taking “the pill” for several decades previously impacted that as well.
Perhaps this contributes. I know of a number of young people who in job applications etc classify themselves as Gay, Bi etc when they are not, they do this because they see it as a way to gain an edge in the job, promotion etc opportunity, as more companies now adopt D.I.E and are judged by the number of LBT whatever, race, etc it is in the companies and the employees interest to classify themselves as one of the special groups, hence the growth of those identifying as “special”. Frankly competence doesn’t matter any more, but who you have sex with is the way to get to the top.
Give people targets and guess what they will play the sytem to achieve.
“Cultural Narratives”. Or the Lemming effect. ————Once one lemming leaps over the cliff, they all start doing it. A good example of this copy cat stuff is the use of the word “Perfect” in today’s world. ——-It used to mean something that was flawless eg a perfect circle. But today it is used by those easily led to copy everyone else. —-You will hear shop assistants ask if you want a receipt and when you say “yes”, they reply “perfect”. It is the same with a waitress asking if your ready to order and in almost every interaction the reply is —“perfect”. —–This has only happened in say the last 10 years and it is a great example of how people can shift to behaviours based entirely on the cultural that surrounds them, and not wanting to be left out they adopt the new fashion. I suggest that a lot of what happens these days with gender is exactly that —-fashion.
Thank you for this elaborate rendering of Something is happening and we don’t understand it! I suggest another grouping that’s certain to reveal something the authors of this study absolutely didn’t think about, namely, by religion. The outcome will doubtlessly be that – despite drinking the same water – the percentage of people self-identifying as somehow also gay is drastically lower among muslims.
WATER will never take my manhood away. I’m determined of it! Whatever you do to me, Anglian Water, I will not submit to your dastardly aims.
Care in the Community has a lot to answer for.