cc: Asher Minns , John Shepherd , David Cromwell , Peter Challenor , gschmidt@giss.nasa.gov, h.j.schellnhuber@uea.ac.uk, "B.E. Launder" , Mike Hulme , Katy Hill , "Quinn, Rachel" , Laura Middleton date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 15:57:10 +0100 from: Stefan Rahmstorf subject: Re: to engage or not to: "Griggs, Dave" Dear Dave, your comment about "skeptics" is of course correct - being skeptical is a scientific virtue, maybe even the essence of science. What we are really talking about is not skeptics, but deniers - people who are deliberately trying to mislead the public about global warming with pseudo-scientific arguments. Unfortunately the term "climate skeptics" is already established for these people. Attached is a nice cartoon from the Washington Post this week. Stefan -- Stefan Rahmstorf Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) For contact details, reprints, movies & general infos see: [1]http://www.pik-potsdam.de/~stefan Embedded Content: WashPostCartoon.gif: 00000001,02ef452f,00000000,00000000