Quotes - Daniel Botkin wants to scare everyone into changing

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Quote

"The only way to get our society to truly change is to frighten people with the possibility of a catastrophe."

Quote Status:	Out of Context
Attributed to:	emeritus professor Daniel Botkin
Actually written by:	Daniel Botkin
Category:	Environmentalism; Global Warming
Submitted By:	Sky

Actual Details

Some colleagues who share some of my doubts argue that the only way to get our society to change is to frighten people with the possibility of a catastrophe, and that therefore it is all right and even necessary for scientists to exaggerate. They tell me that my belief in open and honest assessment is naïve.

Source: Botkin, Daniel. Opinion Journal. October 21, 2007 http://www.americanenvironmental.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28

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