Dear entire skeptic leadership except me, How embarrassment. Tonight an inner voice, intractable to scientific understanding, told me to check the contents of my CENSORED folder. I’m glad I did, because the first thing I noticed was the email I was supposed to send y’all last year—the one with instructions for the maintenance of the … Continue reading
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Gleick, my ass! 2018 Sagan Prize helping climate parody go mainstream
UPDATE Too many readers have made witty comments on this post to highlight them all, as I initially promised (and the witless ones, courtesy of HotScot and compatriots, would be even more tedious to catalog). But I’m afraid the winner of Funniest Tribute to Peter Gleick has to be the prestigious magazine Nature’s tribute. To … Continue reading
My Year as a Believer, Part 1
A Glib Non-pology for Dropping off the Face of the Skeptosphere So, a few years ago a family member dies and I get roped into attending the funeral. She was a Keyes of the Presbyterian Keyeses, so we all know what we’re in for when the celebrant asks us to be seated. Sure enough, the … Continue reading
I also do absurd, Geoff
This post was essentially for Monsieur Chambres, our Comrade on the Continent, which is why his name is in the title. To whom it may amuse, It may amuse you to peruse the abuse I enjoyed under this post at the world’s most-read climate-change blog. Starting from here, furrow your brow as nemeses from HotScot … Continue reading
Brad Keyes Does Angry
[This post is essentially by Brad, which is why his name is in the title, since WordPress won’t let me post under his name.] Paul Matthews’ post “The Victims of Climate Alarmism” made a simple but telling point about the potential effects on fragile minds of scientists spouting nonsense. I wanted to comment on the … Continue reading
The Victims of Climate Alarmism
Climate “scientist” Kate Marvel has posted another of her infantile rants at “Scientific” American. With the excuse of Halloween, it’s even sillier than usual. In 2018, the idea that we need a special holiday to be scared feels a little strange. Zombies, vampires, and werewolves don’t seem so frightening when the real world provides us … Continue reading
And Then There Are Physicists
Professor Lord Martin Rees thinks that runaway anthropogenic global warming poses one of the greatest existential threats currently facing mankind – and he should know, given that he is a co-founder of The Centre for the Study of Existential Risk. Furthermore, as a former President of the Royal Society, his scientific credentials and professional integrity … Continue reading
