Ridley's views are strongly colored by political dogma, which makes his ideas on science suspect.
I've only looked at the URL so far, but George Monbiot accusing anyone else's ideas of being suspect because they're coloured by political dogma is like a kettle being called black by a galactic-core sized black hole. Painted black. At night.
Yes, I realise I'm relying on ad hominem to dismiss someone else's ad hominem review here (I finally looked at the article, he starts off by complaining about Northern Rock, I haven't read on...), but I'm gonna assume that if Monbiot's points have any validity they'll eventually appear in a review by a less far-out reviewer.
I've only looked at the URL so far, but George Monbiot accusing anyone else's ideas of being suspect because they're coloured by political dogma is like a kettle being called black by a galactic-core sized black hole. Painted black. At night.
Yes, I realise I'm relying on ad hominem to dismiss someone else's ad hominem review here (I finally looked at the article, he starts off by complaining about Northern Rock, I haven't read on...), but I'm gonna assume that if Monbiot's points have any validity they'll eventually appear in a review by a less far-out reviewer.