Five
years ago, I was one of 43 Fellows of the Royal Society – the first and
arguably still the most prestigious scientific organisation in the
world – who wrote to our then-president about its approach to climate
change. We warned that the Society was in danger of violating its
founding principle, summed up in its famous motto ‘Nullius in verba’ –
or ‘Don’t take another’s word for it; check it out for yourself’.
The
reason for our warning was a Society document which stated breezily:
‘If you don’t believe in climate change you are using one of the
following [eight] misleading arguments.’
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