It has become not only easy, but almost de rigueur for climate alarmists to retreat to false classification–almost objectification–of their opponents, especially when they cannot respond satisfactorily to arguments made against them. But the classifications are getting more discrete, if not discreet. Where before the hate speech term ‘denier’ was almost enough to serve their … Continue reading
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Meta Studies and Climate Science
Well, they don’t mix. At least not so far. Following Climategate, the activist community felt as though they needed to respond to what they perceived as a victory for skeptics of climate change. Like the skeptics themselves, they were frustrated at the slow pace of the climate conversation in the academic literature and the even … Continue reading
…The Second Time as Farce
The key learning from Climategate was that a group of scientists who collaborated closely together, co-authoring papers and reviewing each others’ work created a toxic environment for science. They agreed on the principal points of the theory they were advancing–that temperatures hadn’t been as warm as today for a thousand years, that the signature of … Continue reading
The Value of Dr. Crockford and Polar Bear Science
Back in the 70s, the Welsh screenwriter Elaine Morgan responded to a question that had been making the rounds in conversation about feminism. The question was ‘why do women use sex as a weapon?’ Morgan replied simply that perhaps it was because women so badly needed a weapon. Those of us who are interested in … Continue reading
Okay, just one more post on polar-bear-gate… I promise…
Well, here’s how I spent a day with the flu: Watts Up With That (WUWT) is one of the blogs cited as a ‘denier’ blog by Harvey et al.(Harvey et al 2017 asserts that contrarian weblogs predominantly cite Dr. Susan Crockford’s work when discussing polar bears. Crockford is not skeptical about global warming, but is … Continue reading
Concluding Thoughts on Polar-Bear-Gate and Censoring Opposing Thought
Update: Well, don’t you just hate it when Christmas cheer pre-empts the climate wars and amity breaks out like a rash… After my laments about censorship and taking the opportunity to get a bit self-righteous about it all, Bart published my comment and made a cordial response below. Thanks Hans Erren for pointing this out. … Continue reading
Climate Scientists Harassing Women (asexually, of course)–Again–Matt Lauer, Meet Michael Mann
Consensus climate scientists have long been personal and damning in their criticism of those who don’t agree with them. They’ve threatened physical violence (Ben Santer: “Next time I see Pat Michaels at a scientific meeting, I’ll be tempted to beat the crap out of him. Very tempted.”). They of course use the epithet ‘denier’ … Continue reading
