Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
An already-much-talked-about article in Nature. It is unfortunate for Nature that it is much-talked-about; once again, I see the word “science” being tossed around to describe something that isn’t science. In this context, it would be more accurate to think of it as a synonym for “guilt.”
There is a growing anti-science streak on the American right that could have tangible societal and political impacts on many fronts — including regulation of environmental and other issues and stem-cell research. Take the surprise ousting last week of Lisa Murkowski, the incumbent Republican senator for Alaska, by political unknown Joe Miller in the Republican primary for the 2 November midterm congressional elections. Miller, who is backed by the conservative ‘Tea Party movement’, called his opponent’s acknowledgement of the reality of global warming “exhibit ‘A’ for why she needs to go”.
It goes on like this, with the word “denier” being used here & there.
The comments are priceless. Number 13538 speaks for me:
Sadly this editorial is receiving wide and somewhat negative coverage across the internet. This would appear to be due in part due the use of the phrase “Denialism over global warming”. I would like to point out to the editors of Nature that “Denier” is seen as a term of vilification amongst those skeptical of catastrophic anthropogenic global warming. “Anti Science” is also a term viewed as offensive by those CAGW skeptics worried about the supplanting of the traditional scientific method with what is referred to In the popular vernacular as “Post normal science”
As the editors of Nature and it’s readers would no doubt be aware, the unproven hypothesis of catastrophic anthropogenic global warming hinges on water vapour feedback from minor CO2 radiative forcing. Research that has been based on empirical evidence rather than computer modeling has indicated that any such feedback may be neutral to negative. It is looking increasingly likely that the catastrophic CO2 warming hypothesis is incorrect.
I would like to advise the editors of Nature to distance themselves from the use of offensive terms with regard to the CAGW debate. Due to the significant expenditure on what is increasingly looking like a non problem, it is likely that a major blame game is about to begin. We do not live in the age of Big Brother. Rather, due to the internet we live in the age of Little brother, and Little Brother is watching and recording. When looking for those to punish for what may be the world’s largest hoax, the vengeful will only have to search the internet for terms such as “denier”, “denialisim”, “contrarian” and “big oil shill” to identify the guilty. As I indicated before – Little Brother is watching and recording. Be a little more careful 🙂
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- jamzw | 09/10/2010 @ 22:37I understand when “GW” , a daily cyclical event where I live, became A-GW when
- CaptDMO | 09/12/2010 @ 08:39economic guilt folk found it expedient to adopt/tout it. When did the presentation get Weighed, measured, and found wanting SOOOOOOO BADLY that the lie had to be made EVEN BIGGER, and the additional “threat” C-A-GW (what happened to mere climate change?)
Gee, wouldn’t “catastrophic” world wide warming sort of solve the anthropomorphic part of the problem, in a BLINK? (in a geographical time frame ). These VERY SAME science of the humanitiesPPrC (polkiitically/peer review challenged) folk are strongly protesting AIDS/cancer/stem cell/vaccine/breast enhancement/Franken-crops/bottled water “solutions” for the same reasons, RIGHT?
Politically *sheesh*
- CaptDMO | 09/12/2010 @ 08:40The very fact that such offensive language is used to describe those having the temerity to QUESTION Nature’s “scientific consensus” is maddening in of itself.
Does it ever occur to the proponents of MMGW that maybe, just MAYBE…those who question the theory aren’t crazy, stupid, evil, in the pocket of “Big Oil,” deniers, anti-science, and all the rest? Good grief…legitimate scientists disagree with one another all the time. And here I thought real science was about using knowledge to answer questions, not drive some political agenda.
Seeing how the pursuit of knowledge in the field of climatology has been so completely corruption, it makes me wonder how in the world anything has gotten discovered or invented in the last 20 years.
- cylarz | 09/12/2010 @ 23:40The short and completely accurate answer to that question is, sadly, and tellingly, “No”.
- philmon | 09/13/2010 @ 12:48Oh yes, mom, it has occured to them, and at some important level; a level that raises fears–fears of discovery, not that level which indicates confidence.
King’s Clothes. They can only be safe in complete agreement.
- jamzw | 09/13/2010 @ 20:49