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Bjorn Lomborg

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The Resume

    (January 6, 1965- )
    Born in Frederiksberg, Denmark
    Wrote 'The Skeptical Environmentalist' (2001) and 'Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming' (2007)
    Headed Denmark's Environmental Assessment Institute (2002-04)

Why he might be annoying:

    He is a vegetarian.
    His background is in political science, but he writes books about environmental science.
    He claims to have never denied that global warming is occurring even though he called it a 'myth' in 'The Skeptical Environmentalist.'
    The Danish Committees on Scientific Dishonesty (DCSD) declared 'The Skeptical Environmentalist' to be scientifically dishonest, reporting that it contained fabricated data; selective omission of unwanted results; deliberately misleading use of statistical methods; deliberate misinterpretations of others' results; and plagiarism.
    Brian O'Neill of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change wrote, 'Bjorn Lomborg is like the Oliver Stone of climate change. He has written a book that sets out to support a certain point of view, and, unless you are an expert, you will never know which facts are correct and appropriately used and which are not. You might not be aware that large (and crucial) chunks of the story are skipped altogether.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    He is openly gay.
    The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation overturned the DCSD ruling on procedural grounds, particularly for failing to cite the specific errors in the book.
    He appeared on Penn & Teller's Bullshit!
    He argues that drastic action to immediately deal with global warming is not supported by cost-benefit analysis: 'Climate change is a 100-year problem; we should not try to fix it in 10 years.'

Credit: C. Fishel


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