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- From: mwilson@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM (Mark Wilson)
- Newsgroups: sci.environment
- Subject: Re: has anybody heard of this letter?
- Message-ID: <78571@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 14:56:55 GMT
- References: <115110001@misty.boeing.com>
- Organization: NCR Engineering and Manufacturing Atlanta -- Atlanta, GA
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- In <115110001@misty.boeing.com> small@misty.boeing.com (steve small) writes:
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- |I read a very brief newspaper article a couple of weeks ago describing
- |an open letter signed by about 200 prominent scientists from around the
- |world (a number of them Nobel winners) which was soon to be sent to world
- |political leaders. Apparently the letter predicts catastrophic consequences
- |in a few decades at most if fundamental changes in environmental policy are
- |not made soon.
-
- |Does anybody have available the text of this letter or know where it can
- |be obtained? Is it worth posting?
-
- It has always amazed me how just because somebody starts putting Phd. after
- their name, they begin to feel they are experts in all fields.
- Unless these so called scientists have their degrees in meterology, their
- opinions are worth no more than yours or mine.
-
- --
- Mob rule doesn't become any prettier, just because the mob start to call itself
- a government.
- It ain't charity if you are using someone else's money.
- Mark.Wilson@AtlantaGA.NCR.com
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