[Greenbuilding] Debunking Debunkers

[Mary Bull - Greenwood Earth Alliance]

Dan, don't get grumpy. Please read the Monbiot book--he is just like you and
goes for the most credible institutions for the research.

Mary Bull, Co-director
Greenwood Earth Alliance, Save the Redwoods - Boycott the Gap Campaign
252 Frederick, San Francisco, CA 94117 http://www.gapsucks.org
Chalice Farm and Sustainable Living Center, 748 Montgomery Rd, Sebastopol CA
95472
415-731-7924 - 415-509-1188 chalicenew at earthlink.net


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Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 5:50 PM
Subject: [Greenbuilding] Debunking Debunkers


> So much of this thread has reached a point where facts, factoids, and
> interpretations of them have unleashed a monkey pack of ideas!
>
> Just because someone writes a book, generates a theory, and references
> studies doesn't prove anything.
>
> If this were a graduate seminar in the social sciences or hard sciences,
> we'd be focusing almost entirely on the research; specifcially research
> published by juried journals. And when we disagree about that research
we'd
> be presenting our own research, our own statistics, and roll up our
sleeves
> for presenting the "proof" of our claims.
>
> Books are are often frowned upon in the sciences, mainly because they lend
> ideas too easily to people who won't dig deeper into how they were
> formulated.
>
> Dan Antonioli
>
>
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