May 2013
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“Moral Strength Is Our Priority”
– INTEGRITY ™
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the consensus project →
The dabate is over. There is an overwhelming and growing scientific consensus that global warming is real.
Fossil fuels are the cause.
The solutions are within reach.
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“I’ve never seen any evidence any of that material was stolen.”
– Lucia, who would publish anything unless she has evidence it’s stolen.
On a related note:
Publishing private correspondence is not permitted. […] There is no hard-and-fast definition of “private” in this context, but the rule of thumb should be that correspondence is...
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On Double Negation
John,
Thanks for this. I don’t have much time this week-end, but let’s return to Judge Judy’s rhetorical question:
Recall all the flack I took last year for talking about the ‘pause’?
We can agree that she took flak, but was this flak really for talking about the ‘pause’? This rhetorical question does seem to hint that Judge Judy received flak because she deemed to talk about the flak.
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Who's Bobby Orr?
[John Nielsen-Gammon, that’s who.]
John Nielsen-Gammon would be a very tough opponent to confront on subjects in which Denizens indulge themselves at Judy’s and elsewhere. Perhaps this explains why we have amateur climatologists entertaining us with their theories here instead of entertaining John Nielsen-Gammon. But if they ever wish to do so, here’s where he is:
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How to Step up One's Game
If there was a pause, there was a pause. Dana should have known better. You say there was a pause, even if you believe somebody will run with it.
First you say it is true that there is a pause. Then you make a pause yourself. You pause to make sure everyone got you just acknowledged something.
Then you say that this pause has not much to do with the price of tea. Or what the echo chamber...
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“You could just talk circles around a corkscrew in a blender on a pedalboat in a...”
– BartR
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Talk Like a Skeptik
[Here’s how lolwot raises economic concerns.]
We skeptics of Economic Alarmism don’t deny that carbon taxes impact the economy, we just question how much they impact the economy, whether the impact will be positive and negative and whether it is really worth worrying about them.
So far proponents of Economic Catastrophe have failed to provide Empirical Proof that carbon taxes will harm...
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“Who needs the inaccessible cardinals when we can go to St, Louis?”
– Philosoraptor
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Uncharitable and Ungentlemanly
[Chewbacca’s modus operandi is quite easy to grasp.]
Notice how the discussion switched from the blog rules to the indexation of this site. And now that you are backpedaling, readers might get the impression that Chewbacca was right all along. Because that’s what matters, right: being right all along.
Notice how he took your reply (“see if I care”) as an argument. This has the...
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“If, for example, you don’t care about the quality of your answer or you are...”
– The Auditor, also hinting that people can use anonymizers.
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“The wind speeds her on, / Blowing upon her hands / And watery back. / She...”
– The Paltry Nude Starts on a Spring Voyage by Wallace Stevens
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Flying Saucers
[Richard Feynman shakes off the reversal of the burden of proof.]
Some years ago I had a conversation with a layman about flying saucers […] I said, “I don’t think there are flying saucers.” So my antagonist said, “Is it impossible that there are flying saucers? Can you prove that it’s impossible?”
“No,” I said, “I can’t prove it’s impossible. It’s just very unlikely.” At that he said,...
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“Use Adjectives”
– INTEGRITY ™, about excessive regulation and irrational fear
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Auditing Powers
It is important to realize that economic models show that the overall impact of a moderate warming (1-‐2oC) will be beneficial.
First, please note Lomborg talks about economic models. Does that mean all, most, or at least one which is the one Lomborg prefers?
Second, please note that Lomborg does not say why is it important to realize that the overall impact &c.
So, why?
Here is...
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Res Ipsa Loquitur
Bart R,
Showing that Peter Lang armwaves unsubstantiated accusations thread after thread suffices. There’s not much else he could reply, at this time of the exchange. Unless, of course, he was bound by the INTEGRITY ™ he put himself on the table.
We could wonder about Peter Lang’s lack of INTEGRITY ™. But as far as I am concerned, his recurring armwaving speaks for itself. See how this...
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Loud Blog
[Horatio raises the King from the undead. Not that the King is, mind you.]
You ain’t nothin’ but a loud blog
Denyin’ all the time
You ain’t nothin’ but a loud blog
Denyin’ all the time
Well, you ain’t never taught a Rabett
And you ain’t no friend of mine
When you said you was “sci class”
Well, that was just a lie
Yeah, you said you was “sci class”
Well, that was just a lie
Yeah, you...
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Play
Bart R,
Thanks for your answers. I agree with the first one. I tell about the same thing about those who ask me: if you want to win chess games, play chess games. To play chess games, you need to sit in front of a chessboard and play. Really, play. It’s a game. You have to feel what it’s like to play.
If your play suck, you have to get better. How? By playing chess before you play chess. Some...
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How to READ HARDER
[Herewith is shown that reading requires discipline:]
> Figure 6 is output from Nordhaus (DICE model).
Good. Now, let’s recall Lomborg’s quote:
Many people argue that global warming is so urgent that we need to cut carbon emissions now. However, the problem is that almost no matter what we do now, it will only have a measurable impact in the second half of this century, as...
April 2013
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“Big whorls have little whorls
That feed on their velocity,
And little whorls...”
– Lewis Richardson. 1920. The Supply of Energy from and to Atmospheric Eddies, winning right from the start a poetically turbulent thread.
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“Back to the “slow and dim witted horse”.”
– Steve, spinning like a gadfly, with slightly arched eyebrows.
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A Note on Gaming Theory
[If that’s good enough for you, this could become the last comment by willard.]
Gentlemen,
Physics does not care about political affiliations. But since you do care about them, here’s what we know. Jim Hansen can be considered as a conservative. Kerry Emanuel is a Republican. Andy Lacis voted mostly for Republicans. And for good measures, Judith Curry voted for Obama.
Nullius is an...
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“Illegitimi non carborundum.”
– PDA, in the heat of the moment.
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A Racketeering Gimmick
If the argument was that No skeptic could get published, then counter examples could be effective.
Again with the search for a deductive argument. There are other effective ways to construct arguments than building deductive ones. Nordhaus does not exactly provides a counter-example anyway, only as his own testimony of how things work in climate science economics in general.
But enough...
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“Racehorse”
– The Auditor, addressing Nick Stokes by his nickname.
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“It is not a coincidence.”
– Our favorite gatekeeper, not presuming Steve’s reason of focusing on Real Climate Scientists.
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Grinding Axe
On April 25, 2013 at 10:20 am, Bart R’s cites Ackermann’s criticism:
> But why focus on my criticisms, when [Ackermann] has other, more widely-known critiques?
http://judithcurry.com/2013/04/24/congressional-hearing-rescheduled-2/#comment-315671
On April 25, 2013 at 6:43 pm, Tar Baby epilogues:
> Since Bart R does not have the integrity […] unsubstantiated assertions...
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A Casual Mention
> If you have a point to make, then make it. No adult wants to play your childish games.
No, problem, Gatekeeper.
So here you go. This sentence:
> It was quite a bit more than a casual mention.
is an understatement of something that amounts to a serious accusation.
This accusation is subsumed by the word “trick”. The word “trick” refers to an action, an action that only intentional...
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“Science progresses, the earth warms, glaciers melt, the oceans become...”
– William D. Nordhaus
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A Small but Significant Discrepancy
[John Hunter shows how to introduce background information without having to cry “oil shill!”]
I find it interesting that Michael Mann, in his letter to the House Committee, describes Steve McIntyre as a “mining industry executive” and McIntyre’s own biography (www.uoguelph.ca/~rmckitri/research/stevebio.doc) describes him as working “in the mineral business”. Both descriptions are...
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The Association of Honest Brokers Cries Foul →
Today’s statement of Environment Subcommittee Chairman Chris Stewart (R-Utah) contains the presence of the LINEAR MODEL:
It is also important to recognize that the direction we choose to take on climate change is not resolvable by science alone. Once the scientific analysis is complete, we must then make value judgments and economic decisions based on a real understanding of the costs and...
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“Yes, but the IPCC.”
– Andrew Adams, getting the Lomborgian vibe at Judy’s.
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Facing Ridiculous Claims | Planet3.0 →
Another collaboration with Dr. Doom’s Planet 3.0.
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“Which document created the consensus around, say, Maxwell’s equations?”
– Dr. Doom, stating the non-obvious to many.
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If It’s Worse in Context, Why not Print It?
Specifically, please cite an instance of selective quoting from Climategate: The CRUTape Letters, Jan. 2010.
Here’s a quote on page 9:
But that explanation certainly can’t rectify why Keith’s series, which has similar seasonality and latitudinal emphasis to Phil’s series, differs in large part in exactly the opposite direction that Phil’s does from ours. […] So, if we show Keith’s...
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“[W]e are generally better at Frisbee than at logic.”
– Andy Clarke, embodying embodied cognition.
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“READ HARDER”
– Bart R, distilling 10 rules of intellectual honesty.
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