Woke is finally catching up with the sciences as mathematicians in British universities are told to "decolonise" the curriculum by downgrading the status of objective rational knowledge – quite literally insane.
Dr Roger Watson writes that he counts among his friends several 'virus sceptics' and he knows they won’t accept any evidence to the contrary – but they should not go unchallenged.
The latest IPCC climate report continues its extreme alarmism, claiming lifestyles and diets must change urgently to avert catastrophe. But actual scientists among the authors are thin on the ground.
There are clear reasons for the UK, which produces just 1% of global CO2 emissions, to pedal slowly to Net Zero. But with most scientists supporting AGW it is not realistic to expect governments to abandon it altogether.
Under post-normal criteria, science comes to the aid of hypotheses rooted in value judgements. During the last two years, post-normal scientists helped governments enforce rigid lockdowns by wildly overstating the risks.
Read about an egregious assault on free speech by the Royal Society of New Zealand, which has placed a distinguished biochemist under investigation for... defending science.
