We’ve discussed Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, a few times here. It’s quite interesting to see the thinking of somebody who’s clearly quite intelligent, and thinks for himself, but is relatively new to the climate debate. One of his most recent videos is about Climate Persuasion, titled “Scott Adams solves the climate debate and saves … Continue reading
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Jordan Peterson on Climate Change
We’ve discussed Jordan Peterson a couple of times previously here. In particular, Ian wrote An Invitation to Jordan Peterson, encouraging him to investigate the “vast continent of muddled thinking in the climate debate”. Well, it appears that Dr Peterson read Ian’s post and has risen to the challenge — either that or he’s been talking … Continue reading
Kate hates debate
Kate Marvel is one of the new brand of climate evangelists, preaching a message of politics, emotion and rhetoric, who are helping to destroy the credibility of the field. She climbed aboard the climate gravy train from another field only about five years ago, but despite her lack of experience she’s frequently given high-profile platforms … Continue reading
The Canadian Inquisition
This story is not directly climate-related, but it illustrates the familiar authoritarian behaviour of the thought police within academia and the attempts to promote an agenda and suppress all dissenting views. You can read about the story at the BBC, CBC, the Spectator, Quillette, and many other sources. At a third-rate Canadian university near Toronto called … Continue reading
Richard Tol on the Climate Debate
I try to get up everyone's nose at the same time in my latest paper https://t.co/oPjwnsqEoe — (((Richard Tol))) (@RichardTol) August 20, 2016 My paper on the structure of the climate debate just sailed through peer review https://t.co/oPjwnsqEoe — (((Richard Tol))) (@RichardTol) October 11, 2016 Richard Tol has written a new paper on The Structure … Continue reading
“The Need for Vigorous Debate”
The Need for Vigorous Debate is one of the section headings in Lewandowsky et al.’s latest masterpiece of smears, misleading claims and hypocritical self-contradictions (LMBF). There are so many examples of their lack of self-awareness, including two nicely lampooned in Brad’s recent post: the recommendation to avoid questioning motives, in a paper that does this … Continue reading
Katharine Hayhoe is trying to connect
According to this article at Texas Monthly, climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe is “trying to connect with the very people who most doubt her research”. So I thought I’d have look at how she was trying to connect on twitter: It seems I’m not alone: @tan123 Well… I tried to connect and this is what happened. … Continue reading
Sharman & Howarth on the climate debate
Amelia Sharman and Candice Howarth have a new paper out, Climate stories: Why do climate scientists and sceptical voices participate in the climate debate? It’s in a journal called Public Understanding of Science, but ironically, as Ben Pile remarked, it’s paywalled. It might be possible to find it on the Russian pirate site Scihub, but of course if … Continue reading
Climate Law in Action
A few weeks ago there was a meeting on Climate change and the rule of law including a lecture by Professor Philippe Sands, in which he said that “the single most important thing [the Court] could do is to settle the scientific dispute” and that the courts could play a role in “scotching” challenges to the consensus. These … Continue reading
Some thoughts on “Climate Change is Real, and Important”
Post by Tim Hunter (@Badgerbod on twitter) Years ago my mother used to say to me, she’d say, “In this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant.” Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. You may quote me. Elwood P. Dowd, adapted from the film “Harvey” My name … Continue reading
