1.0Climate Change Dispatchhttps://climatechangedispatch.comThomas Richardhttps://climatechangedispatch.com/author/ccdeditor/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="RaixVUeNM7"><a href="https://climatechangedispatch.com/new-york-magazines-climate-change-pushing-jonathan-chait-blown-up-by-his-own-science-bomb/">New York Magazine’s Climate Change-Pushing Jonathan Chait Blown Up by His Own ‘Science Bomb’</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://climatechangedispatch.com/new-york-magazines-climate-change-pushing-jonathan-chait-blown-up-by-his-own-science-bomb/embed/#?secret=RaixVUeNM7" width="600" height="338" title="“New York Magazine’s Climate Change-Pushing Jonathan Chait Blown Up by His Own ‘Science Bomb’” — Climate Change Dispatch" data-secret="RaixVUeNM7" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> There's a long article in the grown-up Australian magazine Quadrant which I wouldn't expect columnist Jonathan Chait to be capable of finishing, let alone comprehending. But since it's quite germane to a silly piece he has published in New York magazine entitled "Scientists Drop Science Bomb on Climate Skeptics," I thought I might kindly help the afflicted by offering a precis. The piece is by science writer Matt Ridley (well known to readers of London's Times, The Wall Street Journal, and of books including Genome and The Rational Optimist) and it's called"What The Climate Wars Have Done to Science." Ridley, formerly a believer in Catastrophic Man Made Warming (CAGW), describes how the scales fell from his eyes and he came to realize that climate change alarmism was a massive fraud akin to Stalin-era Lysenkoism or the persistent myth (invented in the 1950s by Ancel Keys) that dietary fat is the main cause of heart disease.https://climatechangedispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/images_pics8_scientific_method_steps.gif