"Climate Change" illegimatizes Maths. WTF ? ? ? ! !

http://claesjohnson.blogspot.com/2010/12/kth-gate-climate-mathematics-stopped.html

lördagen den 4:e december 2010
KTH-Gate: (Climate) Mathematics "Stopped"


During the week Swedish media have been reporting that my new ebook BodyandSoul: Mathematical Simulation Technology (can also be downloaded from my home page), parts of which are being used as course material in the 2nd year course Numerical Methods II within the engineering physics program at the Royal Institute of Technology KTH, has been "stopped" by the President of KTH, because the book contains a mathematical analysis of some models related to climate simulation (which by the way is not included in the numerics course).


A coordinated action by KTH has stimulated students and climate alarmists to supply media with statements such as:


Dagens Nyheter: Greenhouse Effect a Myth According to KTH-book:
We (students) got very upset when we saw the book. There are statements in the book that climate change does not exist.
After student protests, pages in the book have been deleted...
Lennart Bengtsson, meteorologist, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences: unphysical, completely wrong, nonsense, miserable quality, bullshit ("rappakalja" in Finnish-Swedish).
Metro-Teknik: KTH-book Denying Climate Crisis Stirs Up Trouble:
Student protests force KTH to "remove" the book.
To pass exam we have to deny climate change, a student says.
President KTH Peter Gudmundson: After student protests responsible persons at KTH have "replaced" the book.
Ny Teknik: Censorship at KTH:
Leif Kari (in charge of the engineering physics program): We don't want to have anything to do with the book. It is extremely unusal to "stop a book". This is very serious.
Lennart Bengtsson again: Deplorable piece of work.
(Lennart Bengtsson is the main author of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Statement on Climate Change in support of IPCC).


As of now the book has formally been "stopped" by KTH, yet it continues to be used as course material in the numerics course, which now enters into its final 7th week (by the way without covering anything about climate simulation). This is a contradiction which somehow must be resolved. Mathematics does not tolerate contradictions.


There are many interesting (or alarming) aspects of this story:
How can the book continue to be used if it has been "replaced"?
Is it possible to "delete pages" or "remove" a book without any further ado?
A student "confesses" that the "stop" has nothing to do with climate, but is intended to "stop" the new simulation technology presented in the book from being taught at KTH. Climate is being used only as a pretext, because it is so "easy to sell" to Swedish public and media.
Is it possible to "stop" mathematics? Is it possible to "stop" someone from that saying 2 + 2 = 4, at KTH?
Why is mathematical analysis of climate models so explosive?
Why is mathematical simulation technology so explosive?
When was a math book last "removed"?
You can decide yourself if there is reason to "remove" the book, by downloading and browsing through the 2100 pages.


We see two streams meeting at the same point causing ignition: climate alarmism and mathematical simulation technology. Why does the combination explode? Because climate simulation is mathematics. Because mathematics can be powerful. Because 2 + 2 = 4 can be devastating. World media are awakening, stay tuned...


The ban of my work by KTH has not caused any attention whatsoever in Swedish academia. Simply business as usual according to the usual Royal Standards: It is fully natural that a spokesman for the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences can flood media with invectives directed to eliminate my work from this planet, or at least from the Royal Kingdom, without any discussion. It is fully natural that the Royal Academy in this endeavor is assisted by the President of the Royal Institute of Technology, who refuses any form of contact with me.


And if I try to counter by referring to the fact that I am one of the very few in Sweden on the ICI Highly Cited list of the Worlds most cited scientists, or among the awardees of the Humboldt Research Prize, I get the response: Who cares about such lists and prizes, when it is the role of Swedish science to give out Nobel Prizes, from the hands of the King? Next week, including a wonderful banquet and dancing through the night.



Some links reporting on the scandal:
Fria Tider: Klimatskeptisk litteratur stoppad.
John O'Sullivan: Global Warming University in Shock Ban on Academic Freedom and Debate
ClimateChangeDispatch
Canada Free Press
ClimateRealists
PS 6 pm: The book has now been fully separated from the course Numerical Methods II due to decisions taken by the President of KTH, who thus has completed his mission to "erase" the book from KTH , if not from the outer World. Continued use of the book at KTH without my consent will be a violation of my copyright.
Upplagd av Claes Johnson kl. 00:57
Etiketter: KTH, KTH-gate