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Thank you Michael Crichton

The passing of Michael Crichton this week brings to mind his great work of bringing scientific thought to the masses. His belief that the "work of science has nothing whatever to do with consensus" strikes me as something our media infested world forgets.

"Consensus is the business of politics. Science, on the contrary, requires only one investigator who happens to be right..."

I guess Crichton really speaks to the contrarian in me.

"Nobody believes a weather prediction twelve hours ahead. Now we're asked to believe a prediction that goes out 100 years into the future? And make financial investments based on that prediction? Has everybody lost their minds?"

Keep this thought in mind next time you read a hysterical article about global warming. Yes our climate is changing, but how is it changing and why?

As you answer these questions to your self, ask your self, are you sure, and why are you so sure.

Thank you Michael for bringing out the scientist in all of us.

[These quotes are taken from a lecture delivered by the late Michael Crichton at the California Institute of Technology on January 17, 2003]

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