>Too bad his criticism comes from fantasy, instead of facts.
The quoted passage specifically says his area of expertise is show business. Do you know of misinformation that he endorses or spreads on that topic?
The quoted passage specifically says his area of expertise is show business. Do you know of misinformation that he endorses or spreads on that topic?
"State of Fear" is a polemic against climate science.
If all you read was the comment I responded to, then it's no surprise that you don't think I provided enough information to criticize his books. Read his books, then read my criticism.
How unrealistic. Scientists like Peter Daszak and the EcoHealth Alliance would never do anything evil or untoward, such as using grant money to perform dangerous gain-of-function research on coronaviruses, demonstrably lying to the NIH about the scope of this research, and then misleading the public on the COVID-19 lab-origin theory while failing to disclose their financial and professional ties to the lab in question [0][1][2].
[0] https://theintercept.com/2021/09/23/coronavirus-research-gra...
[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/25/one-perso...
[2] https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/09/lab-leak...
I didn't say that.
My point is that your comment reinforces the point that is made by the much-quoted quote.
He said he knows show business. Calling his writing on climate science crap is consistent with the quote.
Can you see how your comment sounds paradoxical?
You seemed to be saying "don't pay attention to his quote because he's clueless about climate change", but the quote is about people who aren't, say, climate scientists, being gullible about the topic.
It's a self-referential quote. If you refuted it, does that mean that non climate scientists can judge climate science?
It seemed like an amusing paradox, and I guess I'm curious about your motivation.
Thanks for the upvote.
Sure, the quote in itself is great, but the post that you replied to is pointing out that the person who made that quote is himself doing the same thing as those journalists that he is criticizing.