[Terrapreta] Critical thinking or lack thereof

[Sean K. Barry]

Hi Jim,

I'm with Richard on this, too.  Michael Crichton is a FICTION writer.  He has to take license with what writes .. speeches or novels, lest he bore the bejesuzz out of anyone listening, like Al Gore does and most everyone of the global climatologists on the IPCC does to lay people.
But, as for critical thinking about scientific credibility, Michael Crichton is a putz.  Try reading anything posted on www.ipcc.ch<http://www.ipcc.ch/>  ... it far more long winded than Michael Crichton and most of it has none of the polish or flamboyance of "Prey", but as far as critical thinking about global warming goes, it IS the real deal.  Those Nobel prize laurieates don't just play doctors on TV, nor do they just write stories about play doctors or play cops on TV.

SKB
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Richard Haard<mailto:richrd at nas.com> 
  To: Jim Joyner<mailto:jimstoy at dtccom.net> 
  Cc: Terra Preta<mailto:terrapreta at bioenergylists.org> 
  Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 12:39 PM
  Subject: Re: [Terrapreta] Critical thinking or lack thereof


  Jim

  Do we really need to marginalize contemporary scientific thinking with  
  Cricthton's scientific cherry picking of information that includes  
  global warming is a non issue?  As a counterpoint it is worthwhile to  
  look at this 12/13/2004 review of his fiction work and it's  
  'scientific underpinnings'. Especially interesting since he  
  interviewed Gavin, this writer , during his preparation for the book.

  http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2004/12/michael-crichtons-state-of-confusion/<http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2004/12/michael-crichtons-state-of-confusion/>


  On Feb 17, 2008, at 9:00 AM, Jim Joyner wrote:

  > Here's an interesting article by Michael Creighton. It's a bit long  
  > but
  > it is an exercise in critical thinking, something I think we may need
  > more of in this world..
  > http://www.michaelcrichton.com/speech-complexity.html<http://www.michaelcrichton.com/speech-complexity.html>
  >
  > Regards,
  >
  > Jim
  >

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