When scientists resort to politics and civil disobedience, they have shed their objectivity, sympathy, and humility.
Between the politicization of science magazines and the biased choices for most environmental scientific studies and reports, Science and its leaders have lost their role as a respected arena for civil discourse and disagreements.
The science isn't settled.
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“Scientists should commit acts of civil disobedience to show the public how seriously they regard the threat posed by the climate crisis, a group of leading scientists has argued.
“Civil disobedience by scientists has the potential to cut through the myriad complexities and confusion surrounding the climate crisis,” the researchers wrote in an article, published in the scientific journal Nature Climate Change on Monday.”
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/29/scientists-call-on-colleagues-to-protest-climate-crisis-with-civil-disobedience