So much of the debate surrounding climate change seems to hinge on questions of causation. In particular, the two principal causation questions of interest are: Is the anthropogenic emission of carbon dioxide the cause of global warming? Is the global warming the cause of the current incidence of extreme or environmentally damaging weather-related events? The …
Before I start, I must confess that I am no Sherlock Holmes. What is more, my understanding of virology extends no further than can be gleaned from having caught influenza more than once. Nevertheless, such experience alone should be sufficient to instil a healthy fear of what SARS-CoV-2 may do to an ailing and aging … Continue reading
It ought to be of interest to anybody skeptical of anything that James (the Amazing) Randi has just died at the age of 92. As a kid in the 60’s and 70’s, I was a major UFO enthusiast with minors in ancient astronauts and bigfoot. I subscribed to publications from outfits such as NICAP (where … Continue reading
I sort of like to keep up on who’s writing books about climate and how they’re doing. Amazon always has a list of product details that includes four rankings. There’s a best seller’s rank and three top categories ranks. Two people I follow closely have just written books so I thought I’d check out how … Continue reading
In the Iraq-Iran wars of the 1980s, Ayatollah Khomeini sent 12-year-old Iranian schoolchildren swarming into no-man’s-land to detonate the mines. The keen kids wore devotional slogans on red headbands and each carried a small metal key to open the gates of Paradise. The analogy with enrolling Australian kids as zero-emission fanatics is not perfect. The kids’ … Continue reading
This was Jaime Jessop five days ago: It’s become a war now and it seems Trump is the only Western leader willing to fight it on our behalf – and his of course. They are gunning for him. Jaime was pointing to a Daily Mail story succinctly titled Twitter boss Jack Dorsey apologizes for blocking … Continue reading
This OFCOM survey about Covid-19 News and Misinformation (tweeted by Michael Yeadon and flagged by BishopHill, to whom many thanks) is the worst opinion survey I’ve seen since you-know-when. A few quick comments: Figure 1: Consumption of misinformation Q8 Have you come across any information/ news about Coronavirus that you think has been false or … Continue reading
Like the BBC, Australia’s tax-funded corporation ABC has been captured by green/left wokists. This below gives you a taste of what is served up here nightly. It’s hardly necessary to mention what their take on climate change is like. You’ve may have seen the film Crazy Rich Asians. Now get ready for a five-part ABC comedy … Continue reading
Google has been playing sillybruvvers with the Great Barrington Declaration – the on-line criticism by world renowned medical experts of current government policies on the Covid crisis. According to this article a Google search initially turned up, not the declaration itself, or an honest account of what it says, but hit pieces attacking it. This seems … Continue reading
Ben Pile has been tweeting about Boris’s conference speech, delivered on screen with the slogan “Build Back Better” prominently displayed behind him, a slogan which he seems to have borrowed from this organisation. Here is Ben on Twitter: This is extraordinary. Totally divorced from reality. By any comparison with historical moments that precipitated change, such as … Continue reading
GIYF if you don’t know what the first word means. And now Google Is Your Friend is arguably what the first word means. Maybe the first word should have been bootstrapping. Sigh. The title came to me in the last few days as I thought about how each of us can best preserve our sanity … Continue reading
