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David Christainsen - Meteorologist

David wrote:
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David Christainsen - Meteorologist

http://www.realclimate.org/index.php...ientists-came/

A number of things reveal that this is no ordinary scientific meeting:

* Normal scientific conferences have the goal of discussing ideas
and data in order to advance scientific understanding. Not this one. The
organisers are suprisingly open about this in their invitation letter to
prospective speakers, which states:

"The purpose of the conference is to generate international
media attention to the fact that many scientists believe forecasts of
rapid warming and catastrophic events are not supported by sound
science, and that expensive campaigns to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
are not necessary or cost-effective."

So this conference is not aimed at understanding, it is a PR
event aimed at generating media reports. (The "official" conference
goals presented to the general public on their website sound rather
different, though - evidently these are already part of the PR campaign.)