Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Hey, at least someone's thinking

Best idea I've seen all day....people taking Congress to task for having no system for vetting scientific testimony.  (H/T to Maggie's Farm)

Apparently what sent them over the edge was when a scientist misquoted his own paper during testimony,  skewing his own research.  Yikes.

One of the authors website is here....haven't had time to look around much.

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  1. I could easily see myself misquoting me.

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    1. True, but I would hope if you were speaking in front of Congress, you'd jot down a few notes. And maybe...um, not forget that the level of mercury had actually been dropping for 50 years when you were testifying how bad it was.

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