It is an astounding demonstration of hypocrisy.  Many in the scientific establishment say that if we are not persuaded that global climate change is man-made – and that it is reversible through man-made policy – then we are not simply in error; we are evil. An online article by Shawn Otto in Scientific American magazine says the following: We've seen the emergence of a "post-fact" politics, which has normalized the denial of scientific evidence that conflicts with the political, religious or economic agendas of authority. Much of this denial centers, now somewhat predictably, around climate change – but not all. If there is a single factor to consider as a barometer that evokes all others in this election, it is the candidates' attitudes toward science. Consider, for example, what has been occurring in Congress. Rep. Lamar Smith, the Texas Republican who chairs the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, is a climate change...(Read Full Post)