Talk:David Bellamy
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[edit] Asperger syndrome?
Did Bellamy claim in any of his autobiographies to have (undiagnosed) Asperger syndrome, and if so which autobiography? There are two autobiographies.
I have read two different press articles which make these claims about Bellamy, one from BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3766697.stm and one from the Independent? http://www.aspiesforfreedom.com/showthread.php?tid=5917
[edit] Desecration is not NPOV
"against the desecration of wilderness areas by wind farms"? Very, very NPOV. Desecration is a loaded word. Better would be "against the placing of wind farms in wilderness areas", I think. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 62.189.36.25 (talk • contribs) 19:58, 11 May 2005 (UTC+ 10 hours)
[edit] Discredited?
The Australian Sydney Morning Herald referred today to David Bellamy as the "now discredited British botanist David Bellamy".[1] This article states: "His unorthodox opinions have changed the way in which some organisations view Bellamy." It doesn't seem to quite capture what has happened to Bellamy's reputation. Why does the SMH say discredited, and who has discredited Bellamy? The section on his unorthodox views seems to show Bellamy shooting himself in the foot but not some effort being made by the scientific establishment to say he is talking nonsense.--A Y Arktos\talk 11:55, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
The problem you have here is that Bellamy is a scientist, not a politician. "Consensus" is a political concept, it has no place in science. The fact that one person believes X and 20 believe Y doesn't mean that X is necessarily wrong. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.210.139.187 (talk • contribs)
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[edit] Two autobiographies?
I don't have a copy of each to hand but it's my understanding that A Natural Life is the paperback edition of Jolly Green Giant. As to why title and publisher changed - no idea - but I own the hardback, and flicking through the paperback when it appeared in shops, it did appear to be the same book. Maybe the text was revised. I won't change the page without being certain, but thought the issue deserved flagging up here. Dantheman123 (talk) 11:15, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Bellamy's changing views on global warming
I'm a Wikipedia newbie and I'd like to add the following to this article as I feel it would make it more complete:
In his foreword to the 1989 book The Greenouse Effect[1] Dr Bellamy wrote: "The profligate demands of humankind are causing far reaching changes to the atmosphere of planet Earth, of this there is no doubt. Earth's temperature is showing an upward swing, the so-called greenhouse effect, now a subject of international concern. The greenhouse effect may melt the glaciers and ice caps of the world causing the sea to rise and flood many of our great cities and much of our best farmland." However, his subsequent statements indicate that he changed his views completely.
I was planning to add this at the top of the section "Views on global warming".
Any advice before I publish?
- I think thats fair enough. Just do it and see what happens. If people object we can discuss it William M. Connolley (talk) 20:03, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
