Pierre Legrand’s Pink Flamingo Bar
It is certain that the New York Times does not see the irony of this article about the fallacies regarding the effects of fat in our diet, in the face of its continued panic mongering regarding Global Warming. But the article positively bristles with arguments against the idiocy of the lemmings worrying about Global Warming. HT Instapundit  For instance:
The scientists, despite their impressive credentials, were accused of bias because some of them had done research financed by the food industry. And so the informational cascade morphed into what the economist Timur Kuran calls a reputational cascade, in which it becomes a career risk for dissidents to question the popular wisdom.
Then there is this final portion…
Mr. Taubes told me he especially admired the iconoclasm of Dr. Edward H. Ahrens Jr., a lipids researcher who spoke out against the McGovern committee?s report. Mr. McGovern subsequently asked him at a hearing to reconcile his skepticism with a survey showing that the low-fat recommendations were endorsed by 92 percent of ?the world?s leading doctors.?
?Senator McGovern, I recognize the disadvantage of being in the minority,? Dr. Ahrens replied. Then he pointed out that most of the doctors in the survey were relying on secondhand knowledge because they didn?t work in this field themselves.
?This is a matter,? he continued, ?of such enormous social, economic and medical importance that it must be evaluated with our eyes completely open. Thus I would hate to see this issue settled by anything that smacks of a Gallup poll.? Or a cascade.
Diet and Fat: A Severe Case of Mistaken Consensus - New York Times
Some examples of this sort of reputational cascade from the NYT itself on the subject of Global Warming.
From Paul Krugman Enemy of the Planet
To dismiss this consensus, you have to believe in a vast conspiracy to misinform the public that somehow embraces thousands of scientists around the world.
From Bush to Skip U.N. Talks on Fighting Global Warming
The growing scientific consensus that humans contribute to rising temperatures and sea levels — reflected in melting glaciers, shrinking Arctic ice and the concerns raised by former Vice President Al Gore — has pushed the issue to the top of a crowded diplomatic agenda at the opening of the United Nations General Assembly this week.
But hey why worry soon Hillary will be President and the middle class will get all sorts of new taxes as well as tons of government intrusion. Wow I cannot wait! The Government will take care of my health by telling me what to eat…even though they might be wrong. And if they are wrong then I might die sooner which will save the Government money. Hmm…We will not be able to eat as much if our carbon footprint is reduced per person from 20 tons a year to 2 tons a year. Oh and lest I forget Hillary is likely to agree to taxing the United States out of existence to mollify those on the planet who blame us for creating poverty around the world. Or for the more rational ones, which doesn’t mean they are rational, who believe that we don’t do enough to fix this sort of poverty.
Somehow the prospect of reaching equilibrium with this poor soul who probably uses around 2 tons doesn’t strike me as attractive.
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