Tom Nelson

Thomas Nelson

Interviews and presentations on climate/energy realism and more, with guests including Will Happer, Jerome Corsi, Marc Morano, Carl-Otto Weiss, Valentina Zharkova, Christopher Essex, Henrik Svensmark, Patrick Moore, Ross McKitrick, Willie Soon, Susan Crockford, Peter Ridd, Christopher Monckton, and Richard Lindzen.

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Friday Will Wilkinson on his Will Happer biography: “Standing Up for Science” #428
Tue Sep 8th Jonathan Cohler: “ Fossil fuel combustion drove essentially none of the atmospheric CO2 growth” #427
Fri Sep 4th James Tooley: “ You don't need government for education” #426

Tom Nelson

Sep 11, 2026
55 minutes
50 MB

Will Wilkinson discusses a biography he was hired to write about Princeton physicist William Happer, combining four chapters of life story with a climate-focused second half arguing science has been politicized. He describes Happer’s decades-long career, including inventing the sodium laser guide star for missile defense and work adapted for medical lung imaging, plus Happer’s “trust and verify” approach and skepticism of models over measurements. They cover Happer’s CO2 Coalition role, controversy at Princeton, colleagues’ contributions (e.g., Lindzen, Koonin, Ridd), and comparisons to Lysenkoism and past scientific dissent. The author stresses curiosity, civil communication, and avoiding fea...

Tom Nelson

Will Wilkinson on his Will Happer biography: “Standing Up for Science” #428

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