Hopefully you have now seen 1 or 2 of Stephen Schneider's lies directly to the public. You might want to justify lying to the public in an official capacity, well, to self promote, even, maybe like a Dr. Fauci; he's doing it for a good cause. Schneider was doing it for "The Cause".
His credentials:
"
Stephen Henry Schneider (February 11, 1945 – July 19, 2010)
[1] was Professor of Environmental Biology and Global Change at
Stanford University, a Co-Director at the Center for Environment Science and Policy of the
Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and a Senior Fellow in the
Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment. Schneider served as a consultant to federal agencies and White House staff in the
Richard Nixon,
Jimmy Carter,
Ronald Reagan,
George H. W. Bush,
Bill Clinton,
George W. Bush and
Barack Obama administrations.
Schneider's research included modeling of the
atmosphere,
climate change, and the effect of global climate change on biological systems. Schneider was the founder and editor of the journal
Climatic Change and authored or co-authored over 450
scientific papers and other publications. He was a Coordinating Lead Author in Working Group II Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Third Assessment Report and was engaged as a co-anchor of the Key Vulnerabilities Cross-Cutting Theme for the
Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) at the time of his death. During the 1980s, Schneider emerged as a leading public advocate of sharp reductions of
greenhouse gas emissions to combat
global warming. In 2006 Professor Schneider was an
Adelaide Thinker in Residence advising the
South Australian Government of Premier
Mike Rann on climate change and
renewable energy policies.
[2] In ten years
South Australia went from zero to 31% of its electricity generation coming from renewables.
An annual award for outstanding climate science communication was created in Schneider's honor after his death, by the
Commonwealth Club of California.
[3] The Stephen Schneider Memorial Lecture of the
American Geophysical Union honors Schneider's life and work.
[4]"
SEVEN times advisor or consultant to a President.
But he's telling lies for The Cause. He tells it to your face and yet you believe.
"
On the one hand, as scientists we are ethically bound to the scientific method, in effect promising to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but — which means that we must include all the doubts, the caveats, the ifs, ands, and buts. On the other hand, we are not just scientists but human beings as well. And like most people we'd like to see the world a better place, which in this context translates into our working to reduce the risk of potentially disastrous climatic change. To do that we need to get some broadbased support, to capture the public's imagination. That, of course, entails getting loads of media coverage. So we have to offer up scary scenarios, make simplified, dramatic statements, and make little mention of any doubts we might have. This 'double ethical bind' we frequently find ourselves in cannot be solved by any formula. Each of us has to decide what the right balance is between being effective and being honest. I hope that means being both. (Quoted in
Discover, pp. 45–48, October 1989.)"
So it's actually COMMENDABLE behavior to lie to the public about your work and to exaggerate the true situation.
It's not enough to have the ear of the most powerful and relate to him the most scary scenario he could legitimately offer.
Schneider believed that the scientists themselves need to get out there and lie to the public in order to help The Cause.
Each of us has to decide what the right balance is between being effective and being honest.
"Each of us"
All scientists involved should not just do the very best work and let it talk.
"has to decide what the right balance is"
Having it all factual and honest is not being good enough as an ACTIVIST.
This is politics, not science. Science has been captured and held hostage by activists.
