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# Forbes Censors a Skeptical Astrophysicist’s Article
- URL: https://goodoil.news/forbes-censors-a-skeptical-astrophysicists-article/
- Published: 2019-08-14T05:30:01.000Z
- Updated: 2019-08-13T03:43:59.000Z
- Author: Juana Atkins
- Tags: Climate Change, Free Speech, Media, World Climate change, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:49

Dr Nir J. Shaviv is a well-known astrophysicist with over [100 scientific papers to his credit](http://old.phys.huji.ac.il/~shaviv/cv/cv.html?ref=goodoil.news#refer) and he is currently chairman of the Racah Institute of Physics at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

> I think it’s safe to say that Dr. Shaviv knows a thing or two about science and how it is done. One of his specialties is studying [the effect that cosmic rays have on the earth’s climate](http://old.phys.huji.ac.il/~shaviv/Ice-ages/GSAToday.pdf?ref=goodoil.news). So just to make it clear. Dr. Nir Shaviv is a **well-respected scientist** who has published peer-reviewed research specifically about earth’s climate.\[…\]

> \[…\] while I certainly don’t have to agree with the conclusions of any given expert, I do have to at least try to understand the data the expert has collected and why he or she thinks they point to a certain conclusion. If I don’t do that, I am no longer thinking scientifically. After all, the only way you can make a scientific conclusion is to **consider** **all of the data** **.** Ignoring data because I don’t agree with the source is not scientific; it is emotional.

> Why am I bringing this up? Because last night, I was scrolling through a news feed and noticed a *Forbes* article entitled, “Global Warming? An Israeli Astrophysicist Provides Alternative View That Is Not Easy To Reject.” Obviously, that title was very interesting to me, so I clicked on [the link](https://www.forbes.com/sites/doronlevin/2019/08/09/global-warming-an-israeli-astrophysicist-provides-alternative-view-that-is-not-easy-to-reject?ref=goodoil.news). Unfortunately, what I found was a message that said:

> *After review, this post has been removed for failing to meet our editorial standards.*

> *We are providing our readers the headline, author and first paragraphs in the interest of transparency.*

> *We regret any inconvenience.*

> This seemed rather odd to me, so I decided to do some digging. What I found did not reflect well on *Forbes*.

> As Erica Albright [says](https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/effd5b2f-cb9d-4fe0-8aed-2b331dbd8afa?ref=goodoil.news) in *The Social Network*:

> *The internet is not written in pencil, Mark. It’s written in ink.*

> Knowing this, I went searching for the article that *Forbes* claims does not meet its editorial standards. I used my favorite tool for this purpose (mostly because of the name), [The Wayback Machine](https://web.archive.org/web/20190809111919/https://www.forbes.com/sites/doronlevin/2019/08/09/global-warming-an-israeli-astrophysicist-provides-alternative-view-that-is-not-easy-to-reject/). I found the article and read it in its entirety. What I found was an excellent article that clearly explains one respected scientist’s view of the global warming hysteria that certain high-profile scientists and politicians are promoting. Since then, [it has been posted elsewhere](https://learn-about-global-warming.blogspot.com/2019/08/global-warming-israeli-astrophysicist%5F9.html?ref=goodoil.news), in a form that is probably easier for most browsers to read.

> Please read the article for yourself. While reading, try to spot what caused *Forbes* to decide that it didn’t meet their editorial standards.\[…\]

> \[…\] As far as I can tell, *Forbes* decided the article didn’t meet its “editorial standards” because it failed to support that narrative.  
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> [blog.drwile.com/forbes-censors-article-about-a-scientist-who-is-skeptical-of-climate-hysteria](https://blog.drwile.com/forbes-censors-article-about-a-scientist-who-is-skeptical-of-climate-hysteria/?fbclid=IwAR35%5FGA-WFU9lbEzYObS-ZX7v3ThF0eGO3Bn67Pm5dKvAEG2jlAicw%5FXzkI&ref=goodoil.news)