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Troubleshooter · 02-05-2004, 03:26 PM

Here's an interesting article relating to scientific predictions about the future and how wrong that can be and how wrong the consistently are.

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http://www.reason.com/rb/rb020404.shtml

Ronald Bailey

I am testifying at an oversight hearing before the House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources on "The Impact of Science on Public Policy" today, Feb. 4, 2004. I was asked to submit testimony about how and why environmental predictions have gone wrong. What follows is the written version of my testimony. (I get a whole five minutes to speak.)

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Enjoy

02-05-2004, 03:26 PM	#15
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	Here's an interesting article relating to scientific predictions about the future and how wrong that can be and how wrong the consistently are. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.reason.com/rb/rb020404.shtml Ronald Bailey I am testifying at an oversight hearing before the House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources on "The Impact of Science on Public Policy" today, Feb. 4, 2004. I was asked to submit testimony about how and why environmental predictions have gone wrong. What follows is the written version of my testimony. (I get a whole five minutes to speak.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Enjoy __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

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