{"id":294497,"date":"2024-01-11T11:03:40","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T10:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=294497"},"modified":"2024-01-11T11:03:42","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T10:03:42","slug":"free-climate-speech-is-freedom-litmus-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=294497","title":{"rendered":"Free Climate Speech is Freedom Litmus\u00a0Test"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Science Matters<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By\u00a0Ron Clutz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In chemistry, a litmus test is a strip of paper that turns red or blue when dipped into a liquid. Red shows the liquid is acid, while blue shows it is alkaline. The analogy in this context: Being able to openly discuss and challenge climate claims shows how healthy or toxic is the discourse in an institution or social circle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The difference between toxic and healthy discussion spaces is indicated by this quote from eminent physicist Richard Feynman:.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Dr. Matthew Wielicki shares his personal experiences with these spaces in a brief video. I provide a transcript from the closed captions lightly edited for reading. He explains how being able to freely discuss and debate climate claims signals an air of social freedom, in the absence of which living things die like canaries in coal mines. Text is in italics with my bolds and added images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[An Aside:\u00a0 Soviet Humor:
Q: What is the difference between the Constitutions of the US and USSR? Both of them guarantee freedom of speech.
A: Yes, but the USA Constitution also guarantees freedom after the speech. (Pass\u00e9?)]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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