Yesterday, Professor Jacobson reviewed how “mania has taken over academia where every issue, including math, revolves around race and the patriarchy.”
Today, I review a case study demonstrating the consequences of what happens if that mania goes unchecked.
Dr. Matthew M. Wielicki is an assistant professor of geology at the University of Alabama.
Or, rather was, until he became tired of battling the ideological capture of geology and climatology.
Wielicki has stellar credentials (including experience in geochemistry and early Earth chemistry, which was part of my studies many years ago). Despite the energy, time, expense, and devotion to pursuing research, he concluded that continuing on the academic track was “no longer worthy” of his efforts.
Based on the narrative being pushed, Wielicki is a veritable heretic. For example, he argues that the climate is complex…and the carbon dioxide levels couldn’t impact the whole climate system. Therefore, there is no climate emergency.
In fact, Wielicki recognizes that he is a heretic, as he notes in a video discussing that “climate change is not science, it’s sciencism”.
The fact that because I don’t accept that CO2 is the single thermostat on climate, I’m a ‘climate denier’ or ‘science denier’. This isn’t how the scientific method works. This isn’t how science works.Science used to be very separate from religion. Bit now it’s no longer science…it’s sciencism. And sciencism is a religion. And in that religion, I am a heretic because I can show evidence and be skeptical of the idea that there is a single trace gas that drives all of the climate and all the weather events….It’s a very sad state of affairs.
I would be remiss if I failed to include this hilarious disclaimer on Wielicki’s YouTube video:
The former professor concludes his Twitter thread with gratitude for the support expressed in the replies and an indication that he will continue to press for real science, rigorous debate, and free disclosure of critical information and data.
We wish him luck and success in the next phase of his career.
One last point: This man is a talented, passionate educator and researcher. His departure is likely only one of many similar losses throughout this country, as talented men and women opt to pursue something not as soul-draining as trying to make a living in woke academia. Ultimately, our nation will be poorer, less prosperous, and less secure as a result.
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