October 11, 2006 4:05PM 

# The Global Warming Debate is Over? It’s NEVER Over! 

By [Jerry Taylor](https://www.cato.org/people/jerry-taylor) 

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When you hear scientists declaring “the debate is over” about industrial emissions and their relationship to global warming, you are essentially hearing a radically anti-science argument. That, at least, is the bracing contention of Prof. Michael Shaughnessy in [an essay just posted this morning](http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52381) for WorldNet Daily. An excerpt:

> For honest, truth-seeking scientists, vigorous debate over scientific ideas is never really over. Scientists are supposed to seek truth first, as indicated by the scientific data collected. The pursuit of truth and data is never supposed to end for the scientist. The declaration that the global warming debate is over says more about global warming proponents’ agenda than it does about the science of global warming.

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