Facts and fictions
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"We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are, not as they are said to be"-George Bernard Shaw "Every man has a right to his opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts."-Bernard M. Baruch "The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd, indeed, in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible"-Betrand Russell "It is the use of bureaucracies for advocacy that are driven by political agendas that is the biggest problem. They have-almost endless funds;-direct and free access to data;-control of the production, analysis and dissemination of the data;-direct access to the politicians who if they question are reminded they don't know or understand the science;-all the vehicles and power inherent in government labeled documents;-in most cases no external peer review of their published work;-no accountability to the taxpayers through elections;-a tendency to perpetuate a position taken rather than question, challenge and possibly reject as the scientific method requires;-direct influence and control over the policies and practices of all other government departments, especially those engaged in environmental issues."-Tim Ball, Canadian climatologist, in a recent posting to an Internet discussion forum CONTENTS Executive Summary
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تاریخ انتشار 2008