A Koch-funded scientist & global warming skeptic now admits man-made global warming is real. Thoughts?

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-kochfunded-climate-change-skeptic-reverses-course-20120729,0,7372823.story

I'll just summarize it Richard Muller is a scientist & professor that originally said he was skeptical at best that man-made global warming actually existed. He essentially doubted its existence.

The Koch Brothers got word of it, and gave him $150,000. They also further funded his research into the matter so he could prove that man-made global warming didn't exist.

The result of his research? Richard Muller came to the conclusion that man-made global warming definitely exists, and reversed his position.

Koch Brothers = OWNED.

Conservatives = OWNED.

2012-08-01T14:17:47Z

Sayagain: Apparently you have NO IDEA how science works. In science, a researcher will often make a hypothesis. The researcher/scientist will then conduct tests to either prove or disprove his/her own hypothesis. The goal is not to ensure that the conclusion matches your original hypothesis, but the goal is to find truth in an objective manner. So disproving your own theory is perfectly acceptable in the field of science.

Coming to an alternate conclusion in science is far different from flip-flopping positions in politics.

2012-08-01T14:19:43Z

Thedude27: The first step to coming to a solution is admitting the problem exists. Which is something you Conservatives won't do.

No one said the solution would be easy - it has to be a step-by-step solution and hitting at it from all angles - pursuing alternative energy would be the first step.

Byte-Sized Cookie2012-08-01T14:15:23Z

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Anyone who disbelieves in global warming is either because they haven't looked in to it enough, are flat-out denying the evidence, or they buy into spin that says otherwise, spin that typically comes from neoconservative sources like Fox News or Limbaugh.

cristina2016-07-25T05:09:42Z

Files were leaked previous within the 12 months from the 'free-market' Heartland Institute, revealing repayments to outstanding climate-trade deniers, a plan to create a fossil-gas-pleasant curriculum for Kindergartners, and efforts to 'preserve opposing voices' out of the media. There was no sense denying it by way of a outstanding scientist, no longer expecting to get funded to propagate a fable any longer. However one difficult part in case you listen to Muller, is that he is blaming others for the hindrance, like the chinese language and also stated that if we can not get the chinese to do some thing about it, then it's now not valued at it for us to do some thing.

jotacar2012-08-01T14:24:10Z

People - including just about everyone on answers.com - believe just what they
want to believe. That is how human cognition works.

We start by adopting notions of how the world operates, and then we spend the
rest of our lives looking for facts that support those notions and no others.

We also are blind to any facts that go against our perception of how the world
works. It is as though they do not exist.

Once we have assembled our cherry-picked facts, we trot them out each time
that we meet some opposition.

Since we know that our facts are correct, why do we have to listen to anyone else?

The answer? You can have dozens, even hundreds of your facts correct, and still
be dead wrong about something, because there are thousands of facts that you are
ignoring!

It's a limitation of human cognition, you see. Look up "cognitive dissonance".

Of course there is rapid climate change. Of course it is partially caused by
human activities. The case is closed on that. The only thing really interesting
now is watching how long it takes the deniers to get so embarrassed by
their cupidity and their stupidity, that they shut up.

evilcapitalist19712012-08-01T14:20:01Z

He made $150,000 and is now on to pushing for fracking as a source of clean energy instead of the use of coal. I wonder how many evironmentalist like that part of his "change of heart" LMAO! He also said he thinks we have little impact and that he (just like the rest of them) really can't tell how much of an impact man has. In other words...The globe is warming. Man may be doing a little something...Let's go frack for gas.

Richard2012-08-01T14:28:32Z

Oh you mean a Conservative did something that has been asked of the pro AGW crowd, that is show us everything. He's showing HIS data, unlike Mann, he put everything out for people to review.

Had the Pro-AGW done they years ago like they were asked too, maybe we could have done something about it. But as it is those who didn't release the data when asked should be tossed into jail and their names vilified for all time.

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