SCEPTICISM, honest doubt about the truth of a particular fact or theory, can be a healthy thing. But the term becomes debased when used as a euphemism for self-interested denial, or wilful ignorance, of ... global majority of the scientists who are qualified to make a judgment. Just this sort of false scepticism, born of short-term greed and fear, now threatens the United Nations climate change summit ...

... thing. But the term becomes debased when used as a euphemism for self-interested denial, or wilful ignorance, of evidence that is strong enough to convince an overwhelming global majority of the scientists who are qualified to make a judgment. Just this sort of false scepticism, born of short-term greed and fear, now threatens the United Nations climate change summit in Copenhagen next month.

From Facebook  (Subroto Roy’s Notes): An example each of dogmatism and scepticism in theology “The only God worth keeping is a God that cannot be kept. The only God worth talking about is a God that cannot be talked about. God is no object of discourse, knowledge, or even experience. He cannot be spoken of, but he can be spoken to; he cannot be seen, but he can be listened to. The ...

... weeks ago, Baroness Amos, a former leader of the House of Lords, said Australia was well-positioned to lead the international community on climate change but the public debate should move beyond scepticism and negativity to finding solutions. Her comments come days after a senior Liberal, Nick Minchin, said he and most of his party colleagues believed man-made climate change was a myth. ...

I have been fascinated by the glee with which the sceptics have greeted the emails released at the Climate Research establishment (is it Norwich?) They refuse to believe (and why is science an act of belief?) all the mountains of evidence built up over the years, the thousands of research reports, the conclusions of the IPCC and all the rest. They decide weather is climate. And don't forget ...

I see things are going well over at the NHS Supercomputer (for £20 billion, it better be pretty bloody super) and having spent god knows what on new software for the NHS' million staff, virtually none of them are using it. here are only 174 clinicians using Lorenzo patient software across the five early adopter trusts, according to Mike O'Brien, minister for the National Programme ...

There is clearly an appetite on this site for reasoned analysis of global warming theory and the policies that flow from it. There are now several different camps of sceptics setting out their thoughts: 1. Global warming sceptics. This group argues from recent temperature data that the world has not been warming for the last ten years, despite the theory and predictions of the models. They ...

Nobody knows elaborate skyscrapers quite like Donald Trump so it was only a matter of time before the flame-haired property magnate offered his views on the financial crisis afflicting the once booming emirate of Dubai. Speaking on the CNBC show Squawk Box this morning, The Donald declared that many people had wondered about the point of the once cash-rich city. "A lot of people were ...

... that very considerable section of the Tory party that has always been suspicious of environmentalism as a left-wing plot. Scepticism about the science of global warming is informed by scepticism about the means being proposed to tackle it: regulations, targets, interventions, the shadow of global governance, top-down control. Free-marketeers naturally hate ...

... period will pass. We will emerge into the sunlight with a healthy scepticism of 'scientists', 'science&# ... terms. What is clear, however, is that these researchers regard scepticism as a dirty word. Yet scepticism is the price knowledge pays ... means by which they will be displaced by better theories in future. The moment scepticism is abandoned for orthodoxy, scientific inquiry degenerates ...