[LINK] CLimater scientist sues for defamation

[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

Rachel writes,

> We live in a very weird age, where information gets mixed up with
> knowledge, where fact is subservient to opinion and where the experts
> who try to level the balance are mercilessly disparaged by cowards ..
> I expect that will shortly lead to the breaking down of the systems
> that make science useful and information dependable.....


Yes, indeed. What is happening to Chaucer's cultural heritage? 

"Of studie took he most cure and most hede. Noght o word spak he more
than was nede, And that was seyd in forme and reverence, And short and
quik, and ful of hy sentence. Souninge in moral vertu was his speche,
And gladly wolde he lerne.."  Geoffrey Chaucer, (1385 AD).

Cheers,
Stephen