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<blockquote data-quote="George Friedman-Jimenez" data-source="post: 67480" data-attributes="member: 1115">Re: Hurricane SandyThat is about like saying, I need my band to be 3 times as loud for a bigger venue so I will buy 2 more tops for each side, put em up on sticks, aim em at the people, and let er rip. Simple.Come on, Randy, that explanation is so oversimplified it is highly implausible and not useful.JR, I don&#039;t claim to know enough of the science myself to make all the state of the art technical arguments, and I don&#039;t think you or anyone on this forum does either. I am just saying that we should pay more attention and give more weight to all the scientists who do know the science, not just those who are funded by industry and have the greatest conflict of interest. There is a role for government here, to support scientists to do and interpret science without the constraints of self interest of private corporations that fund them. It works quite well for medical research, not perfect, but better than trusting big pharm to do all the science and then market the technology based on that research.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="George Friedman-Jimenez, post: 67480, member: 1115"] Re: Hurricane Sandy That is about like saying, I need my band to be 3 times as loud for a bigger venue so I will buy 2 more tops for each side, put em up on sticks, aim em at the people, and let er rip. Simple. Come on, Randy, that explanation is so oversimplified it is highly implausible and not useful. JR, I don't claim to know enough of the science myself to make all the state of the art technical arguments, and I don't think you or anyone on this forum does either. I am just saying that we should pay more attention and give more weight to all the scientists who do know the science, not just those who are funded by industry and have the greatest conflict of interest. There is a role for government here, to support scientists to do and interpret science without the constraints of self interest of private corporations that fund them. It works quite well for medical research, not perfect, but better than trusting big pharm to do all the science and then market the technology based on that research. [/QUOTE]

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