tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-12:40129 Students? I like to think of them as "test subjects"..... icarusancalion 2012-08-03T05:11:44Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-12:40129:1032767 2012-08-03T05:11:44Z 2012-08-03T05:11:44Z public 0 The best thing about scientists is that they know when to change their minds.... <br /><br /><a href="http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2012/07/climate-change-convert-skeptics-richard-muller">Scientists skeptical of the idea that humans could cause global climate change run in-depth data collection and confirm: yes, indeed it's true.</a><br /><br />Richard Muller, a physicist and climate change skeptic who founded the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature (BEST) project, said he was surprised by the findings. "We were not expecting this, but as scientists, it is our duty to let the evidence change our minds." He added that he now considers himself a "converted skeptic" and his views had undergone a "total turnaround" in a short space of time.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=icarus&ditemid=1032767" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments