Randy Olson famous quotes

The climate crowd did a lousy job communicating. Several reports have itemized the fact that over a billion dollars was spent on climate by the environmental side over the past decade. There is simply no excuse for the failure to communicate.
-- Randy Olson

#Past #Environmental #No Excuses

I think this issue of climate change is truly important, and that it is a major tragedy how poorly it's been handled.
-- Randy Olson

#Thinking #Tragedy #Important

I was a scientist. I know where the joy lies. It is wonderful finding a like-minded scientist and delving deep into the language that can only be understood by the handful of experts seated in the front row of your big talk. But good lord, it can be bo-ho-horing to the rest of the world. Make no mistake.
-- Randy Olson

#Mistake #Lying #Joy

Life is interesting. Non-life, not so much.
-- Randy Olson

#Interesting

The Al Gore movie cashed in on his personality and the question of where he had been in the six years since his failed US presidential bid. The same movie starring any NASA scientist would have lost money.
-- Randy Olson

#Personality #Presidential #Scientist

The science world has no such coherence, cohesion or cooperation. It's a bunch of academics who were raised on the idea of communication being a frivolous add-on.
-- Randy Olson

#Communication #World #Cooperation

Climate definitely interests the climate crowd at some science magazines, talks or blogs. Some blogs are amazing. They will post one comment about one graph of temperature records from tree rings and get over a thousand comments. Which is boredom so purified and crystalized it's in an unadulterated form that could make even a robot want to commit suicide.
-- Randy Olson

#Suicide #Boredom #Tree

Science fiction is never about the future, in the same way history is rarely about the past: they're both parable formats for examining or commenting on the present.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessons of the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part of the knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be one who knows that if you reserve the power not to use all your power, you will lead others far more successfully and well.

The past actually happened. History is what someone took the time to write down.

CAFE standards have little impact on greenhouse gas emissions, and the environmental benefits of increasing CAFE standards are frequently overstated. Their impact on human health is more certain: CAFE standards have resulted in tens of thousands of deaths since their adoption.

The orthodox environmental theories [of heredity] have been accepted not because they have stood up under proper scientific investigations, but because they harmonize so well with our democratic belief in human equality.

No excuses; those were just weak.

I was going through the motions of life, instead of really living, and there's no excuse for that. It's not something I'll let happen to me again.

Bigotry has always been the poison of America, and we oughta do everything to eradicate it with no excuses or explanations.

There is no excuse for falling into delusion, which is so contrary to the Word of God.

There's no excuse for the young...