My Lecturer on Climate Change

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Had something of a piss-boiling moment in an Accountancy lecture today, when discussing problems with academic research, and discussing belief systems, my lecturer mentioned the CRU. Apparently afterwards sceptisicm on CLimate Change rose by 12%, to 52%, this, is, apparently, because 52% of the public are unable to make a fair judgement on the facts, they simply believed small misdemeanours undermined the whole argument, and thus, the belief system was shattered, and replaced by a new one, whilst the underlying science actually remains irrefutable. Clearly 99% of the public are ill-placed to comment, not just the 52% who happen to disagree with him.

He also used the old trick of lumping Climate Change Deniers and Man-Made Global Warming deniers in the same category, when clearly they are distinctly different.

I found it all a bit irresponsible, his casual dismisal of climate change deniers led him on to a point about Flat-Earthers, and as an academic, his opinion probably affects a lot of students' mind-set. I intend on sending him an email questioning a few of the things he said, was just wondering if anybody had any ideas on what I should mention?

[BJG1]

I always struggle to take Academic Accountants seriously at the best of times, it seems such a self-serving practice, profesionals rarely read their papers as it is, it's just all back-slapping and keeping each other in a job. The problem is, to a lot of people, an academic is an academic, so his opinion is held in higher regard than a layman, even if in reality he is also. He went on to criticise Sceptic academics as well, saying the majority were funded by oil companies, with obvious agenda, whilsy government funded studies will have no agenda, no sir, none at all.

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nonegreen said:

You must understand that one of the reasons for maintaining Universities it to ensure that an otherwise useless group of cardigan and sandal wearing beardy types have a nice lifestyle supported by a lot of very niaeve young people getting into debt.

He does have a beard, and wears cardigans.

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Bing o said:

Why did you not challenge him? He's an academic and should be capable of discussion.

I've destroyed hippies (students) outside of RBS before with some very simple questions. I'm about nowhere near of a Lord Monckton, but I can still kick hippy butt.

Or are you a Nu Labia academic who learns by wrote without challenging the status quo?

Because my lectures have about 200 people in them, and it's rare for someone to pull a lecturer up on something, especially off-topic. The point of this was to send him an email, so I am going to question him.

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Bluebarge said:

Pfft. Students nowadays. In the old days we would have snapped our pencils and set fire to a joss-stick in protest.

Rage against the Machine!! Oh sorry, forgot, you want to become an accountant.

I don't want to be an accountant, I do accountancy modules as part of a course In Accounting, Business Finance and Management. I should probably not give any further clues as to who my lecturer is. (I'm a 3rd year )