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1、PraiseforTheLomborgDeception“TheLomborgDeception,byHowardFriel,presentsatroublinghistoryofhowacleverlycontrivedclaim—thathundredsofscientistsanddozensofscientificinstitutionshavegottenclimateandenvironmentalsciencebadlywrongoverseveraldecades—iswayoffbase,unlikethewell-establishe
2、dconclusionshammeredoutoverdecadesinpeer-reviewedassessments.BjornLomborg’sclaimsthatenvironmentalscientistsmisleadsocietyintowastingmoneyonnonexistentproblemsisbasedonhundredsofcitationstakenoutofcontext,dozensofstrawmen,selectiveinattentiontoinconvenientscience,andtheillusionof
3、carefulscholarship.Frieldocumentsthisdeceptionbrilliantly.TheLomborgDeceptionshouldserveasasoberwarningtobewareofthe“mythbustersandtruthtellers”likeLomborg,whomostlikelyaretheonesmisrepresentingcomplexenvironmentalscienceproblems—and,ofcourse,profitingfromthenaiveacceptanceofseem
4、inglycarefulclaimsthatmanywedtostatusquopoliciessowelcome.”—StephenH.Schneider,MelvinandJoanLaneProfessorforInterdisciplinaryEnvironmentalStudiesandSeniorFellow,WoodsInstitutefortheEnvironment,StanfordUniversity“ForthoseinterestedinthefutureofpolarbearsandArcticseaice,TheLomborgD
5、eception,byHowardFriel,clearlydocumentstheinaccurateandutterlyinadequateargumentsthatBjørnLomborgusestoerroneouslysuggestclimatewarmingwillhavelittlenegativeeffectonthisbellwethermammal.ThefargreatertragedyisthatmisleadingpresentationssuchasthoseprofferedbyLomborgmayhelptofosteru
6、ncertaintyinthepublicatlargeabouttheseverityofthehumancausesofclimatewarming,andthusfurtherdelaytheurgentneedfortheentireworldtorespondquicklytoreduceourcollectiveoutputofgreenhousegases.”—IanStirling,FellowoftheRoyalSocietyofCanada,ResearchScientistEmeritus,Environment“Fornearly
7、adecade,BjørnLomborg’sclimate-sciencerejectionismhashelpedblockseriouspoliticalactionongreenhouseemissions.Wearenownearlyoutoftimetoacttopreventtheworstimpactsofglobalwarming.IhopethatHowardFriel’sremarkablyvaluableandhighlyenlighteninganalysisinTheLomborgDeceptionwillfinallyclea
8、rLomborgandhissupportersoutofthepathtosu
