Why does Exxon-Mobil fund GW skeptics with tarnished credentials? Exxon can cearly afford to buy better scientific talent than the likes of Fred Singer.
http://www.exxonsecrets.org/html/personf...
http://www.ecosyn.us/adti/Singer-1993-19...
Some hypotheses
(A) an utter lack of respect for the intelligence of ordinary Americans
(B) a practical joke on Amarica, the result of a personal wager between managers
(C) a clever move advised by a top drawer psychology consultant to reinforce cognitive dissonance among the deniers
(D) your hypothesis???
My favorite hypothesis is (B), what%26#039;s yours?

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7 months ago

eric c the laughable part is that there are skeptics with good credentials and better arguments than Singer. Ok, maybe Singer didn%26#039;t do it for the money. Would you be happier with a case of mistaken identity involving Singer and an ex-KGB sparrow hired by Exxon?

Bob, your answer about scientific integrity is right, but lacks color and does not explain the poor judgement by an otherwise well run and very profitable company. I suspect that the decision to fund Singer was not made very high in the corporate chain of command.
http://www.exxonsecrets.org/html/personf...


A bit of %26quot;B%26quot;
Some of %26quot;C%26quot; and
D, They know many sceptics and deniers don%26#039;t care about credibility as long the guy is saying the things they want to hear. If that person can put PhD (it doesn’t matter the discipline i.e.: Bjorn Lomborg Ph.D. Political Science) behind their name, all the better in their eyes.

Funny. I think you%26#039;ve seen %26quot;Trading Places%26quot; one too many times. My favorite part is the where they showed a magazine (the wager was placed over an article in it) that looked just like %26quot;Scientific American%26quot; with a slightly different name.

Maybe its the Illuminati. I%26#039;ll go with - Need to control the information flow to the masses. If everyone suddenly realized how far up **** creek we are there would be panic.

Here%26#039;s some trivia for you. Solebury, Bucks county Pennsylvania, had a Standard Oil depot in the early part of the 20th century. The ground and groundwater is still contaminated from spills of 70-80 years ago. How do I know this? 1) My mom remembers occasionally lightning would hit the tanks causing fires and spills. 2) The local paper occasionally has stories about homeowners who have to abandon wells.