18 June, 2019

Alan Jones is wrong': climate scientist tells a politician-free Q&A

There was not a politician to be seen on Monday night’s science edition of Q&A, and after the heavy political period just ended how wonderful that was.

Professor David Karoly told the audience: “Alan Jones is a very well-known radio commentator but not everything he says is factually accurate.”
Professor David Karoly (a rather youthful looking Professor
Karoly) told the audience: “Alan Jones is a very well-known
radio commentator but not everything he says is factually accurate.”

It was - hooray! - an evidence-based show, with no panellists invited to contest the notion that the world is round for the sake of balance. This was a novelty in the times we live in, and it also provided some heart and brain warming evidence that when it comes to the younger generation, the kids are all right.
There was the simple inquiry from Noah Noble: “Why do stars blink?”


Read the story from The Age by Neil McMahon - “‘Alan Jones is wrong': climate scientist tells a politician-free Q&A.”

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