In my more than 60 years as a member of the American scientific community, including service as president of both the National Academy of Sciences and the American Physical Society, I have never witnessed a more disturbing corruption of the peer-review process than the events that led to this IPCC report.
Frederick SeitzIndividual curiosity, often working without practical ends in mind, has always been a driving force for innovation.
Frederick SeitzThings that people learn purely out of curiosity can have a revolutionary effect on human affairs.
Frederick SeitzA good scientist is a person in whom the childhood quality of perennial curiosity lingers on. Once he gets an answer, he has other questions.
Frederick SeitzIt is one thing to impose drastic measures and harsh economic penalties when an environmental problem is clear-cut and severe...
Frederick SeitzThis treaty [Kyoto] is, in our opinion, based upon flawed ideas. Research data on climate change do not show that human use of hydrocarbons is harmful. To the contrary, there is good evidence that increased atmospheric carbon dioxide is environmentally helpful...agreement would have very negative effects upon the technology of nations throughout the world, especially those that are currently attempting to lift from poverty and provide opportunities to the over 4 billion people in technologically underdeveloped countries.
Frederick Seitz