UPDATE: uh oh
The National Review decided to offer congratulations to Dr. Mann, they write:
Honoring Michael Mann’s Nobel Prize
To mark Michael Mann’s Nobel Prize, we bought this full-page ad that ran in today’s Penn State student newspaper.
—Rich Lowry is the editor of National Review.
h/t to WUWT reader Frank K
UPDATE: Proof that it actually ran, here
h/t to Brian Lemon
I suppose one could have a condition called “Nobel Prize Corruption,” where the desire to win a Nobel Prize promotes dishonest work, however, I think the clouding of critical judgment by a desire to do something good is the most predominant factor. Preventing Climate Change by forcing the use of green energy, has widely been promoted to be an urgently needed, good thing to do–perhaps as a result of a culture being present at most major institutions of higher learning that promotes environmental activism as a just and noble cause .
(I note that some European news-sources have articles stating that failure to re-elect the President in the US would be an unmitigated global climate change disaster because the Governor does not support the urgent need to adopt a green agenda. An agenda, which I believe, as an implied consequence or hidden codicil, can only support a global human population of less than one billion persons.)
that was awesome 🙂
Darren Potter says:
“National Review decided to offer congratulations to Dr. Mann”
“Sure it is Halloween?
Because it sure seems like Christmas!”
Halloween equals Christmas since Oct. 31 = Dec. 25
David Jojnes says:
November 2, 2012 at 11:57 am
Is there any other type of former politician?
I wouldn’t call Lord Lawson useless.
Oh this is like one of the funniest things ever.
Did they really run that ad? That’s too rich.
I am a 100% sceptic and a regular reader of this site, but I do not like to see the site personalize and try to ridicule individuals who hold a totally opposite view. Stick to the science even when the warmists don’t, that way the site will achieve increasing respect and authority. Doing what I call silly stunts like taking this ad.to personally embarrass an opponent is not necessary and should be stopped. Let us act like professional people dealing with a very serious subject which is important to the world audience. That way we will gain an increasing voice of authority, But by doing these silly stunts and attaching hurtful names to individuals, we run the risk of not being accepted as an important and respected authority on the world stage..
George Lawson says: “Stick to the science even when the warmists don’t, that way the site will achieve increasing respect and authority. Doing what I call silly stunts like taking this ad.to personally embarrass an opponent is not necessary and should be stopped.”
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Funny, that at the same time you are calling the comments on this thread “silly stunts”. Does not sound respectful to me. Looks like you wanted to “personally embarrass an opponent” by that.
Besides, falsely declaring himself a “Nobel Prize Winner” is not a scientific issue. Manipulating data or committing a fraud is not a purely scientific issue either.
Brilliant!
Of course, Dr. Mann will try to sue all the Nobel-prize-deniers!