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GOOD READING

  • "The Low Pressure Paradigm'' by George Gilder, Gilder Technology Report, April 1997, available from P. O. Box 660, Housatonic, MA 01236, or by telephone at (888) 484-2727. Our individual worlds are all going to be changed dramatically by essentially free information transfer. This will be especially traumatic for schools and universities that depend upon an information monopoly which is rapidly disappearing. It could not happen to a more deserving group.

  • "Our Radiation Policy is a Hazard to Public Health'' by Theodore Rockwell, The Scientist, p 9, March 3, 1997 and "Atomic Split: Data Recharge Debate on Low-Level Radiation Risk'' by Joby Warrick, Washington Post, p A3, April 14, 1997. Low level radiation research including the rise of hormesis and the death of the no-threshold linear hypothesis is finally making its way into the popular press. When we see these facts discussed in the Reader's Digest, the 50-year-old antinuclear industry will be finished.

  • "Media Wars: SSI Tactics'' by Jane Orient in Doctors for Disaster Preparedness Newsletter 14, No. 2, pp 1-2 , March 1997, available from 2509 N. Campbell Ave., Box 272, Tucson, AZ 85719. This is a revealing look at a media manipulation update from the propaganda group that calls itself Union of Concerned Scientists. For example, they advise, "Don't confuse them [reporters] with doubt. In other words, don't talk like a scientist with caveats and error bars. Emphasize the word 'consensus,''' and "rehearse your sound bites.''

  • SOG. The Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam by John L. Plaster, Simon & Schuster (1997). This is a remarkable true account of American soldiers who operated entirely behind enemy lines in Vietnam and provided crucial intelligence about enemy activities beneath the jungle canopy - even though most of of their operations for eight years were compromised by spies in Saigon.

  • "Another Sure Bet on Earth Day'' by Julian Simon in The Wall Street Journal, p A22, April 22, 1997. Technology just keeps lowering the real cost of natural resources, thereby turning Simon's opponents Stephen Schneider and Paul Ehrlich into perpetual losers.


 • Science and Humility
 • ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE
 • MOLECULAR CLOCKS
 • RADON AND EARTHQUAKES
 • GLOBAL THERMOMETERS
 • IODIDE DISTRIBUTION
 • SAN DIEGO
 • STARK RAVING MAD
 • GOOD READING
Vol. 24, No. 9

Newsletter: Access to Energy Newsletter Archive
Volume: Issues
Issue/No.: Vol. 24, No. 9

Date: May 01, 1997 01:10 PM (For actual publication date see newsletter.)
Title: Science and Humility

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