Paul Dennis, Head of the Stable Isotope and
Noble Gas Geochemistry Laboratories, Environmental Sciences, University of East
Anglia (UEA), is fed up. After his reputation was tarnished by the guilt-by-association
tactics that are the staple of weak-minded individuals (details here),
he decided to model his love of science by starting a blog. Dennis is characterized
by an unwavering commitment to the scientific method and a transparent love for
the nuts and bolts of his discipline (geochemistry). He treats those he writes
for as sentient, intelligent beings who are not content with mere assertions. He
makes arguments. For a minute I thought arguments had gone out of style. As
Dennis notes, post-normal science, as it is now called, is a political
philosophy, not science. Here
is an example of an argument:
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