Dear Dr Himmel,
I certainly agree that a scientist getting into the nitty-gritty of a
field outside of their training can make quite silly mistakes. The link
you have provided to us makes an excellent example of your point.
Dr Akasofu is a trained space scientist who studied the aurora
borealis and then spent most of his career in administration. (According
to the blog post) Since his childhood he has disbelieved most anything
proposed by experts in whatever field. Now we are expected to take
seriously his vague ramblings about "cycles" in climate? What evidence
does he present? Nothing but speculation that the climate "might" be
driven by this or "might" be driven by that. Dr Akasofu brings nothing
to the table.
Dale Tronrud
On 8/20/2019 6:23 PM, Daniel M. Himmel, Ph. D. wrote:
> Dear colleagues,
>
>
>
> Since when does being a structural biologist make us experts in
> climatology,
>
> and isn't it a breach of basic ethical practice and professionalism as
> scientists
>
> to sign on as authors to an article for which we have neither contributed
>
> research nor intellectual content of the manuscript? Are we now going
> against
>
> the standard to which the editorial policies of leading reputable
> biological
>
> journals normally hold us as authors? And doesn't it hurt the credibility
>
> of a serious scientific article, its authors, and the journal in which
> it appears
>
> if biologists with no expertise in earth science/astrophysics appear
>
> without humility as authors to such an article?
>
>
>
> Are you not embarrassed to put your name to an article that uses physical
>
> sciences data as a platform for preaching about religion, politics, and
> economic
>
> theory ("...social and economic justice for all...")?
>
>
>
> Does it not upset you when someone unfamiliar with structural biology draws
>
> firm conclusions that heavily depend on the part of a structural model
> that has high
>
> B-factors? So why are you unconcerned that you may be guilty of an
> analogous
>
> error when, as structural biologists, you put your name to a
> controversial interpretation
>
> of selected earth science data? See, for example,
>
> https://blogs.agu.org/geospace/2017/02/24/living-warm-peak-ice-ages/
> about the ways
>
> climate data can be misinterpreted by choosing too tight a time
> interval, and lets stick to
>
> structural biology and allied sciences in the CCP4 list, please.
>
>
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Daniel M. Himmel
>
>
>
>
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