| on Jan 4, 2008, 02:37 PM E.S.T.
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The claim that the science debate over climate change is settled
violates the most important of Newton’s Laws. This violation is not of
the famous Laws of Motion but of a little known set of derived bylaws,
Newton’s Laws of Experts, a major contribution to understanding social
dynamics.
Newton’s Laws of Motion may be simply stated as:
- First Law: every object persists in its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force;
- Second Law: the rate of change of momentum is directly proportional to the applied force; and
- Third Law: for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
The bylaws, Newton’s Laws of Experts, are as follows:
- First Law: every expert persists in his state of rest or opinion unless acted upon by an external grant;
- Second Law: the rate of change of opinion is directly proportional to the applied grant; and
- Third Law: for every expert there is an equal and opposite expert.
The First Law of Experts is well known and can be demonstrated
in countless universities, institutes and research bodies. There are
two major influences. First, the need to appear relevant to the wants
of society means engagement in the great issues of the day. This has
been brought on by well intentioned but misguided policy that assumes
innovations, financial, technical or other, spring fully developed from
academic research and national needs should determine the areas of
research interest. Read rest...
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