cc: schlesin@atmos.uiuc.edu, rabryson@wisc.edu, coakley@coas.oregonstate.edu, charlson@chem.washington.edu, "Stephen Schwartz" , wigley@ncar.ucar.edu, rodhe@misu.su.se, Joyce Penner date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 21:09:46 -0500 from: Michael Schlesinger subject: A recommendation to: jfein@nsf.gov Jay: I recommend that NSF, perhaps together with AAAS and/or NAS/NRC, establish a "Truth in Attribution Office" whose purpose would be to establish provenance in scientific discovery. This "Truth Squad" would determine the lineage of scientific discoveries such that erroneous attribution, as that manifest in tonight's "Global Dimming" program, would be minimized, if not eliminated all together. Enough erroneous attribution is enough. It is time to bring science to the attribution of scientific discoveries. Regards, Michael