Quite the conspiracy

Re: Climate change fears overblown and may damage economies (July 16) Thank God for Herb Pinder. Let me see if I understand his discovery that “climate scientists” are really secret socialists.

Hundreds of smart young people enrolled in graduate schools in dozens of departments in dozens of universities all over the world. They pursued PhDs in many fields: meteorology, biochemistry, physical chemistry, mathematics, planetary astronomy, geology, microbiology, archeology, botany, zoology and others. They learned to do sound science: ethics, experimental design, meticulous data collection, statistical analysis and drawing cautious conclusions.

Somehow they were all also taught that the world needs socialism, at any cost. Ninetyseven per cent apparently embraced their role as midwives at the birth of worldwide socialism. They secretly agreed to risk their careers by cooking their climate research data, so they would provide phoney evidence for manmade climate change that doesn’t really exist.

This certainly upsets the folk wisdom that two people can keep a secret, maybe three, rarely four, never five, where one is sure to confide in a spouse or close friend, who will tell a spouse or close friend, and so on. Time is another enemy of secrets.

How these hundreds of scientists kept their evil plot from us for 30 years shows astonishing discipline and determination. Then, someone — we don’t know who — blabbed to Pinder, and he figured it all out. Probably just in time. William P. McKay, professor of anesthesia, University of Saskatchewan