Why is Skeptical Inquirer Magazine Publishing Bjorn Lomborg?

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By Chris Mooney
Mar 3, 2008 9:29 PMNov 5, 2019 10:20 AM

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I was very disappointed to see, when my latest issue of Skeptical Inquirer magazine arrived, that it had an article by Bjorn Lomborg in it--downplaying the risk of global warming, as usual. I started out my career working for SI, am currently a correspondent, etc...but I felt that in light of this big a mistake, I had to call the magazine out publicly. I mean, how does publishing Lomborg's totally misleading underestimation of the risk of sea level rise help the cause of skepticism? I don't get it. For my full take on Skeptical Inquirer's folly, see here.

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