"Bjorn Lomborg is a highly polarizing figure, and his credibility is a subject of intense debate among scientists, economists, and policymakers.
Cambridge University Press & Assessment
While he holds a PhD in political science and is known for his work in statistics, the mainstream scientific and academic communities broadly view him as lacking credibility on environmental and climate science. Critiques of his work typically fall into several distinct areas:
Scientific Consensus vs. Cherry-Picking:
Scientists frequently criticize Lomborg for "cherry-picking" data, using outdated economic models, and misinterpreting or misrepresenting the conclusions of the very researchers he cites. Organizations like Climate Feedback frequently evaluate and challenge his claims.
Lack of Domain Expertise:
Lomborg is not a climate scientist. Most of his writing appears in op-eds in right-leaning publications that do not undergo rigorous scientific peer review, rather than in peer-reviewed environmental or climatology journals.
Controversial History with Integrity:
In 2003, the Danish Committees on Scientific Dishonesty (DCSD) concluded that his first book, The Skeptical Environmentalist, was scientifically dishonest due to systematic misinterpretation of data, though this ruling was later overturned by the Danish Ministry of Science on procedural grounds.
Environmental economists and institutions"such as the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment"heavily criticize his economic calculations, stating that they drastically underestimate the potential damages of unmitigated global warming.
Therefore, mainstream climate experts generally do not consider him a credible source on the topic.
The London School of Economics and Political Science
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Jeffy sure can pick 'em! ROFL!!!
Dan,
One more thing about Excel.
An under-utilized part of the Office family has been VBA (Visual Basic for Applications)
It is software technology that goes back to the 90's but Microsoft can't kill it. Too many businesses rely on it. Starting in 1993, it came built right into Office. Right-click any Worksheet Tab and select View Code. You won't see fancy ribbons. The interface you see is exactly the same as it's been with every version of Office.
Too many businesses have critical macros or VBA programs (whatever you call them) they can not do without. And in a funny way, those macros also insure those businesses will continue using Office so they can run macros they depend on.
I began programming in BASIC back in the 80's in the DOS environment. You can also program in Windows Visual Basic (not DOS and not VBA).
Working as an accountant, I created VBA programs I used for very sophisticated functions that made my life easier. It was a natural progression from Microsoft PDS BASIC to the Windows environment.
There are alternate ways of creating functions you can employ in your job but none are as easy as VBA and amazingly powerful.
I had some excel files I used on the job with very few cells I manually entered anything into. Everything happened via VBA and I used the spreadsheet just to hold the data.
And VBA isn't going anywhere anytime soon.
Any accountants who aren't utilizing VBA for small repetitive daily or weekly needs might want to consider taking a class and learn to do real honest to goodness programming creating Forms you see on the screen you place your fields and buttons you click on telling it to do things and save the work on a worksheet.
This long winded post shows my teacher side.