[debate] population controls and the Paul Holdren controversy

Gadi Evron ge at linuxbox.org
Wed Jul 22 11:58:57 UTC 2009


Alan Light wrote:
> So, while the Fox News piece certainly went for the jugular in their hit 
> piece on Holdren, pulling out the most controversial sections from a 
> book he co-wrote almost 40 years ago - despite the fact that the views 
> were common then and that Holdren has doubtless changed his mind in the 
> years since - it is still a reasonable thing to look at a person's track 
> record.  Occasionally being wrong is no great shame, but if Holdren has 
> been consistently wrong in the past, as some claim, then he may not be 
> the man for this job.

But the question is, what IS written in the book? It seems to me like a 
scientific examination of options.


> See also:
> 
> http://www.reason.com/news/show/134795.html
> 
> 
> 
> Alan
> 
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