Ashley Rindsberg: The Treason of the Science Journals

   Well, here's something I was wrong about: the right was right about Fauci.

   Though I've been right about the lab-leak hypothesis all along, to be clear...

   Look, one of the things even laypeople can tell about this sort of thing is: the progressive establishment goes all-in for its PC orthodoxies. It was clear from early on that they were irrationally pro-vax,* pro-mask, and anti-lab-leak. In each case, there was some evidence on their side. But in each case it was clear that they were lying/cheating. The media lying/cheating is one thing. But it clearly went beyond that. The lying and cheating is now being done by scientists as well. In fact, the ideological capture of science itself is well underway. 

   The same thing has, of course, happened with transgenderism and (trans)gender ideology. It is now fairly routine to see scientists--or alleged scientists--insisting that transgenderism is simple plain fact--"settled science" in their vernacular.

   The same thing is happening with respect to anthropogenic climate change. Given what I can understand of the debate, there clearly seems to be appreciable room for doubt. Combine this with the fact that the left is religiously committed to climate apocalypticism, and that the progressive (science/media/university) complex routinely lies and errs about things like the relation between climate and weather...and...well...here's the thing: AGW and its likely effects are clearly being exaggerated. I'd be willing to bet significant money on it. It's the same pattern we're seeing basically everywhere on the left. Oh and: the lies are lucrative. Climate hysteria--like DEI/racism hysteria--is a way to channel money to leftists and leftist causes. And that's on top of the religio-political incentives...

   None of that's to say that warming isn't a concern. I'm concerned about it, alright. There are grounds for concern. But hysteria is a different matter entirely. 

* After they stopped their initial shrieking about how they would never take the Trump vax, that is... They switched from I'll never take it to You have to take it, too pretty much instantaneously.