Yes Lexi, that first quote is right on the button: my wife's career was destroyed by a psychotic boss who had exactly that lack of vision, and couldn't see what valuable work she was doing in Indigenous tertiary education. Indigenous affairs may be littered with destruction on the one hand (especially at the hands of its pig-ignorant elites), and wasted opportunities on the other, but you have to keep on.

Schopenhauer was one of the greatest, he would have been on our side :)

Joe

As far as I can see we have about 80 posts on the topic of AGW, and there have been no scientific link wars.

Is this a first?

spindoc:

It's rather refreshing don't you think? Who wants wars anyway?
However I did come across two links - just for interest's sake:

http://www.austrade.gov.au/Stern-warning-to-the-world/default.aspx
"Stern Warning to the World," by Tim Harcourt.

And:

http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9115
"Appealing to science in the AGW debate is delusional,"
by John Tons, 2 July 2009.

Joe:

Your wife sounds like an incredible lady and I'm sorry that she had to put up with a bully. Unfortunately, it's often the norm. The wrong people with blinkered vision are often in charge. I suspect, because they're not a threat to anyone. Very few stand up to them however - I did to one of mine and frankly lived to regret it. I should have simply (and quietly) left. All that happened was that I couldn't ever give that place of emplyment as a reference, and lost about eight years of my life. But I learned a lesson, ( to keep my mouth shut) so I guess that counts for something. Yes, I like Schopenhauer as well.
As you can tell.

Thanks Lexi, yes, she certainly was. I was incredibly lucky.

Are you all finished?

BLUE