Phony Science for Phony Policies

I was browsing Capitalism Magazine and found two articles that sparked my interest. The first one is about the phony science behind the second-hand smoke claims. The second is about the hyped up science behind global-warming. What is most interesting is how both issues tie into each other.

Both stories show you how people are trying to use the government to force their choices and beliefs onto other people. What is most troubling about this is how they are committing fraud and getting away with it.

According to Objectivism this is immoral and is considered a use of force. The people that manipulated the reports and finds should be prosecuted. Lucky for them, their views and findings are the popular opinion so I don’t think that is happening anytime soon.

Reason requires freedom, self-confidence and self-esteem. It requires the right to think and act on the guidance of one’s thinking – the right to live by one’s own independent judgment. Intellectual freedom cannot exist without political freedom; political freedom cannot exist without economic freedom; a free mind and a free market are corollaries. – p.25 For the New Intellectual, Ayn Rand

Read these articles (on smoking and warming) and tell me what you think. If you don’t agree let it be known and we can discuss it. This is an important issue and it needs more public attention.