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+-   The Heretical Freeman Dyson on Friday August 10 2007, @05:38PM dublin

Submitted by dublin on Friday August 10 2007, @05:38PM
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dublin writes "Big-thinker Freeman Dyson has written a new essay in which he points out the need for heretics in science, and goes on to gore (or is that "Gore"?) a some sacred cows, including global climate change:

My first heresy says that all the fuss about global warming is grossly exaggerated.... There is no doubt that parts of the world are getting warmer, but the warming is not global.... When I listen to the public debates about climate change, I am impressed by the enormous gaps in our knowledge, the sparseness of our observations and the superficiality of our theories.... All our fashionable worries and all our prevailing dogmas will probably be obsolete in fifty years. My heresies will probably also be obsolete. It is up to [the people of 2070] to find new heresies to guide our way to a more hopeful future.
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