How to achieve consensus

For example, when the journal Climate Research published an article, did not like Michael Mann of the University of Pennsylvania scholar has written e-mail message to his colleagues, which suggested a boycott of the magazine. “Maybe we should call upon colleagues in the community of climate research is no longer published in the magazine and did not refer to an article from him,” – said in the letter.

Shaping the rules, they made it impossible for others to see reality, the paper says. “I wonder why they decided from the outset to set the rules, if their science is so accurate, they claim. If this is an innocent explanation, we’d love to hear it,” – the paper concludes.