Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is a Marxist mechanism for undermining western traditions and civilization, overthrowing equality by enforcing conformity of thought and uniformity of results. That was a definition that a Twitter user came up with, and it’s one of the better ones. It’s exacting.
DEI is flooding every field in our major universities, and it’s destroying the areas it permeates, even the sciences. It’s one reason why one geology professor, who is also a climatologist, is taking a different path. He has written a book.
Dr. Wielicki says, “there is no climate emergency.” He adds that the field is no longer “worthy of his effort.” His book should be interesting.
Dr. Matthew M. Wielicki is an assistant professor of geology at the University of Alabama who is leaving his position in part because a radical ideology has taken hold in geology and climatology. He’s tired of battling it.
Mostly, he’s leaving for personal reasons, to be with family more, but it’s also over DEI.
“…over the last decade or so, but especially the last few years, the obsession with universities and grant-funding institutions on immutable characteristics of faculty and students and the push for equity in science above all else has dramatically changed the profession of an academic professor.
“The rise of illiberalism in the name of DEI is the antithesis of the principles that universities were founded on. These are no longer places that embrace the freedom of exchanging ideas and will punish those that go against the narrative.
“Although I had worked from an early age to earn a Ph.D. and become a professor, like my father, I feel the profession is no longer worthy of my efforts.
“Contributing to this is the earth science communities’ silence on the false “climate emergency” narrative. Members of the community routinely discuss the mental health effects of climate catastrophism but dare not speak out lest they lose their positions and research funds.
“I will continue to objectively review the current state of the science and provide my expert opinions through social media and a future podcast and book (hopefully, coming soon). I appreciate all of the support I have… …received from followers here and members within the community (who shall remain nameless). If you live in CO, get ready for the Wielicki Whirlwind! Excited about this new chapter in my life. #climate #Wokeness“
DEI is a disaster that has quickly taken over our universities, especially since the Saint George Floyd riots. It’s destroying the USA.
As far as climate emergencies, the crisis is computer generated and only as good as what the ideologues put into the computer. It’s used to further an agenda.
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Greenhouse gasses are a myth. How silly to think a gas can trap heat. Convection is what happens to a gas. Further Proof is all over the solar system. Even Venus – hot as it is with CO2 in its atmosphere has a range of temps pole to equator just like Earth —nothing’s trapped. Let’s Stop it with the climate b.s. it’s ridiculous.
The left uses imperfections whether real or not to undermine the system, which they admit they wish to collapse. Perfection is never a valid debate point, but the left is not interested in debate. To claim something is imperfect so must be destroyed in invalid, because then all things need to be destroyed.
I saw the collapse of engineering close up. Diversity is dominant. Individual initiative is discouraged. The reward system is inverted. Projects fail.
Science is also dominated by the left. I see ridiculous claims being made on the universe and solar system. It is climate and everything else. Medicine is no different.
I did not think of Henry’s Law in the climate debate, it is useful. Warm soda loses its fizz fast. Most CO2 is in the oceans, the increase in the atmosphere has not been shown to be caused by us. This fine doctor is leaving out in his short talk the large historical record, which shows that the Earth had ice ages with CO2 levels 15 times higher than today. I think that point supercedes his point on Henry’s Law.
The positive, the new DEI flock are inept. They will bury themselves in policy victims.
But they will destroy us first.
In Canada the temperature goes from negative 30 F( winter) up to over 100F ( summer)
That is a range of over 130 F and we are all very much alive, so are our animals, fish, plants, crops and trees.
but they want us to believe that if the planet gets warm by half a degree we will all die???
The problem with Climate is that it has been going on for over 3 Billion Years and will continue for Billions of years into the future. Until we figure out how to put a really big thermostat on the Sun to control it’s radiation, we have ZERO chance of effectively dealing with Climate Change. Stop thinking that you can control the Climate and start figuring out how to deal with it. Humans have been doing this effectively for like 200,000 years so it’s nothing new. How did Modern Man become so dumb?
Primitive societies were more self reliant. This culture is vulnerable and chained to convenience. Some are learning how dependent they are, while others run to the herd, wherever the herd is running.
I live in the woods, so climate just is. Same winter as 30 years ago.