Hmmm, sounds like a bad “B” movie plot. From Pierre Gosselin at No Tricks Zone:
(…) Any fan of Hollywood films following the climate debate knows the objectives of mad scientists: They try to rule the world. With his performance in the FAZ in the run-up to the recent UN-Summit on Sustainability in Rio, Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Schellnhuber can be ranked along with the likes of Dr. Strangelove and Dr. No:
“The role of climate science remains to put the problem-facts on the table and to identify options for appropriate solutions. The role of politics is then to mobilize the will of the citizens with the aim of implementing decisions that are based on science.”
This demonstrates an odd understanding of democracy. Up to now the “will of the citizens” has always arose from the interests of people and were implemented by electing a goverment that abided to that will. But Schellnhuber wants to turn this on its head. According to Schellnhuber, politics should now tell the citizens what interests they are to have so that measures that follow those prescribed by science will end up getting implemented.
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I, for one, welcome our new Scientist overlords.
(What could go wrong?)
The arrogance of science will be its undoing. And they call rich people elitists? This guy takes the cake – an ego the size of the galaxy.
Next they’re gonna start enforcing their “prescription” with a Glock?
“This demonstrates an odd understanding of democracy.”
It’s also a very common view on the Continent.
typical also of the EU Kommisars!
Could there be just a ‘translation’ problem.
this seems to be the original text
” Die Rolle der Politik ist es dann, den Bürgerwillen zu mobilisieren, um wissensbasierte Entscheidungen umzusetzen. Wir Forscher erfüllen gewissermaßen die Aufgabe planetarischer Ratingagenturen – nicht sehr beliebt, aber verdammt notwendig”
http://www.faz.net/aktuell/wissen/klima/im-gespraech-klimaforscher-schellnhuber-ich-glaube-nicht-an-den-masterplan-fuer-die-welt-11791864.html
Its easy to get worked up over ‘die masterplan’
I heard after his next seminar he’s holding a torchlight parade
“Welcome to my underground lair !”
No, no, it’s perfectly consistent. Remember, the Proletariat is just an rather unwieldy animal whose will must be moulded to the inevitable ideal of a free and equitable society.
When ever you hears the words ‘for the good of the people ‘ that is when you should starting worrying , for its amazing often their uttered just before something is not ‘good for the people ‘ at all.
Can you image a world run by Mann , just how many 100 foot tall statues of the ‘great one ‘ do you think would need to be built ?
They are the latest version of Lenin’s “intelligentsia” avant-gardist ruling class. Ayn Rand flipped Lenin’s “intelligentsia” into her “industrialists,” a submissive ideal-ruler class which attracts some people, admittedly those people being ultimately less dangerous than the communists.
Climate Science exhibits a lot of the characteristics of a pseudo-scientific cult like Marxism. “Denialism” is basically a rehash of “false consciousness,” for one example.
Sorry der would be climate “masters”, I march to the beat of a different drum!
Did he click the heels of his boots together after saying this?
The role of climate scientists is to do climate science. This should extend (but too often doesn’t) to proper use of statistics in their papers. It does not extend to laying out the appropriate economic solutions because these people have no expertise in economics and their ventures into same have been alarmingly amateurish.
dukeofurl says:
July 15, 2012 at 2:35 pm
Have you ever read C.S Lewis’ book “That Hideous Strength”? Lewis was on to something.
He looks like an evil mad scientist!
From our beachhead on the 21st century the Left’s most horrible accomplishment is apparent. A devaluation of the connection between human effort and appreciation. It is inescable that this severing of pain and impulse has lead to the moral and economic ruin of Western culture.
Peter sellers was more fun!
Amazing!!!
I thought this kind of thinking went down with the demise of “Uncle Joe” and “Herr Schicklgruber.”
Great leaders and great ideas have come from Germany before (as well as not so good leaders and very bad ideas).
This is nothing new as all the (97%) UN global warming scientist subscribe to Communitarianism.
“Communitarianism is the belief that individual and national sovereignty must be balanced against the needs of the global collective. Their entire foundation for forced social evolution rests on their Big Idea that all the world’s people will be “free” after everyone gives up any claims to their personal freedom. Defined as the new “spirit” of community, Communitarians believe they are leading mankind into an advanced moral and spiritual state of being. Across the globe, communitarian gurus promote a global program designed to create one big, planned, gated community. They call it sustainable community development.”
Quote lifted from:
http://www.democratsagainstunagenda21.com/anti-communitarian-league.html
Well… there’s often a disproportion between how something is supposed (or meant) to work and how it actually works. Democracy is a prime example.
And people used to live in US should not make presumptions about how democracy works in Germany. These are two completely different democracies.
UN global warming scientists
Never!