David Suzuki

[PamW]

9. Pointing out scientific ERRORS is not professional assassination

kristopher,

The problem with Suzuki is that he puts his political views ahead of his scientific views.

When Suzuki's politics disagree with the science; then, in his mind, the politics wins.

If you want to be a good scientist in my book, and the books of other good scientists; you have to put science and truth ahead of politics.

For example, good scientists know that coal puts out more radioactivity into the environment than does nuclear.

http://web.ornl.gov/info/ornlreview/rev26-34/text/colmain.html

Now that may not sit well with a scientist who has anti-nuclear views; but it is the truth.

A scientist can not lie and tell a scientific falsehood just because it fits better with his politics if he wants to claim to be a good scientist.

You have to make you political opinions conform to the scientific truth; and not the other way around.

That's one area where Suzuki fails.

PamW