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consensus, Tag
- “Ninety-seven percent of scientists agree: climate change is real, man-made and dangerous”… Survey Says: NOT! Fri, 7 Sep 18, 4:17amGuest dredging up the past by David Middleton As a geologist, I spend my work days dredging up the past, mostly from the Upper Miocene to the Lower Pleistocene. My earlier post today about Dr. Will Happer joining the Trump...
- American Climate Denial: Frack Yeah! Fri, 11 May 18, 5:13amGuest ridicule by David Middleton Earther, the folks who reported that Gorebal Warming is deforming the seafloor, have an interesting perspective of American exceptionalism...
- “Pseudoscience is embraced, it might be argued, in exact proportion as real science is misunderstood”… Except in the case of climate change. Wed, 6 Dec 17, 4:48amGuest post by David Middleton This item on Real Clear Science caught my eye today… What Causes Science Denial? Steven Novella, Neurologica Blog Dr...
- So what? 15,000 scientists sign warning but 30,000 scientists are skeptics* Tue, 14 Nov 17, 8:49pmSkeptical scientists outnumber the unskeptical ones The “News” today: 15,000 scientists have signed some 25 year old repeat failed climate doom prediction...
- Low Fat consensus was wrong: High carb diets increase death rates Fri, 1 Sep 17, 2:38amHow many people have died prematurely because they swapped their fats for carbohydrates?
- Modern Astrology in NY Times: Justin Gillis says Eclipses show all Scientists are always right about everything Fri, 25 Aug 17, 1:54pmVerily. Eclipses do weird things to people. Justin Gillis, writer for The New York Times used the recent eclipse to sell something I’d call Sciencemagic. Essentially, if some Scientists™ can calculate orbital mechanics...
- Scientific Literacy Leads to More Politically Polarized Opinions on Climate Change Thu, 24 Aug 17, 12:17amGuest post by David Middleton Individuals with greater science literacy and education have more polarized beliefs on controversial science topics Caitlin Drummonda,1 and Baruch Fischhoffb,c Author Affiliations Edited by...
- Talking Truth to Climate Consensus Sat, 8 Jul 17, 9:00amBy Rud Istvan A sound bite summary* The climate consensus now has two derogation levels for those who disagree. Climate ‘contrarians’ like Bjørn Lomborg disagree about mitigation policies. Climate ‘deniers’ like...
- Consensus enforcers versus the Trump administration Sun, 25 Jun 17, 4:12amby Judith Curry Tough days on The Hill for the enforcers of the climate consensus. While EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has been taking most of the ‘heat’ for the Trump administrations climate policy, this past...
- The American Meteorological Society @ametsoc falls into the consensus trap in a letter to Rick Perry Fri, 23 Jun 17, 3:09amYesterday, the American Meteorological Society (AMS) published a letter yesterday to U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, admonishing him for having the temerity to doubt that carbon dioxide is the “primary driver”...
- Heartland Institute Tries to Influence K-12 Teachers… Journalist Calls for Them to Be Burned at the Stake!!! Sat, 1 Apr 17, 12:46amGuest post by David Middleton OK… My “burned at the stake” comment was mostly sarcastic hyperbole… But the author of this CSM article really deserves a heaping dose of sarcastic hyperbole...
- Heartland Institute Tries to Influence K-12 Teachers… Journalist Calls for Them the Be Burned at the Stake!!! Sat, 1 Apr 17, 12:46amGuest post by David Middleton OK… My “burned at the stake” comment was mostly sarcastic hyperbole… But the author of this CSM article really deserves a heaping dose of sarcastic hyperbole...
- A case study bearing on the nature of “consensus” in normal science and in the AGW controversy Thu, 10 Mar 16, 10:00pmGuest essay by Rick Wallace A useful method for gaining an initial understanding of complex social-psychological phenomena is to collect and compare case studies...
- History and the limits of the climate consensus Sat, 23 Jan 16, 2:30amby Judith Curry Acknowledging the science of global warming does not require accepting that it is immune to criticism. I just spotted a wonderful article in the American Conservative – History and the limits of the...
- History and the limits of of the climate consensus Sat, 23 Jan 16, 2:30amby Judith Curry Acknowledging the science of global warming does not require accepting that it is immune to criticism. I just spotted a wonderful article in the American Conservative – History and the limits of the...