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Comment on Ethics of communicating scientific uncertainty by Pierre-Normand

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“No problem with 2 cylinders – that was not the scenario – the problem is the box with a gravity density. A surface being struck with more molecules at the same energy is warmer.”

It is precisely this latter claim that your two cylinder case dramatizes. It was also your own thought experiment (though you adapted it from Flynn). It is precisely this claim (and the equally strange claim about sameness of U) that PA, Captdallas and I, and probably most physicists and engineers, would dispute. It is just plain incompatible with the well known relation KEavg = (3/2)kT. If the gas is at T, then so is the solid surface that it is in thermal equilibrium with. Simple.


Comment on Ethics of communicating scientific uncertainty by Rob Ellison

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Again the cylinder is irrelevant – the impossible scenario was the density in a box and the temperature at the surfaces.

Gravito-thermal is a result based on the symplectic manifold of the Hamiltonian – FOMBS other throwaway posturing – in a recent peer reviewed paper. .

Comment on Pre-traumatic stress syndrome: Climate trauma survival tips by Danny Thomas

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I’m sure I’m clear on the meaning of this post. Via the link provided I found:
“The green bigots may be horrified that there are people who don’t have the slightest interest in red-legged frogs. But those people are just as much American citizens as any life-long member of the Sierra Club and are entitled to equal rights under the Constitution. There is neither a legal nor a moral reason to over-ride what they want because the green bigots want something else.”

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“What could be more exalting than to take on the God-like role of adjudicating between animals and people? You cannot be a judge handing down edicts for others unless you are placing yourself above those others. We know how judges are appointed or elected. But who elected the green bigots to play G-d?”

So I have to wonder if the author meant this as a parody due to the last paragraph:”Nature worship is fine for those who want it. I have nothing against faith-based organizations. But a theocracy imposing its will on others is something else, even when it is a theocracy of nature-worshippers.”

I’m a bit of a tree hugger but have to admit my selfish reasoning. As this author so wonderfully points out:” But who elected the green bigots to play G-d?” I wonder the same about the author.

My selfish reasoning is this. We, although we think we may, do not know all about all. I have to wonder if the author were to learn that the “red-legged frog” happened to hold the key that unlocks the cure to cancer from which his beloved mother suffers, would the author not feel differently?

I don’t agree that “green bigots” should be considered “G-d”, but neither do I agree that the author should be either. Based on the reasoning I glean from this author they apparently believe anyone should be allowed to do anything no matter what or whom they impact? We’re supposed to be the creature on this planet with the capability for the highest order of reasoning, and this author seems to fall a bit short.

Did I miss something here? Are ‘green bigots’ not human too?

Comment on Ethics of communicating scientific uncertainty by Rob Ellison

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… It is precisely this latter claim that your two cylinder case dramatizes. It was also your own thought experiment (though you adapted it from Flynn)…

I discussed changing densities – energy density – and energy flows – mostly in relation to how temperatures are measured.

For instance. Repeating things endlessly and misrepresenting me constantly is not all that endearing.

Comment on Ethics of communicating scientific uncertainty by Pierre-Normand

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“Molecules move randomly to fill the container.”

If there isn’t a pressure differential in the container, then the weight m*g of the gas — which is a force — isn’t applied to the container, which is absurd.
And if there is a pressure differential, then, since PV = nRT, and since T is constant, n/V must vary. In other words, where pressure is higher, near the bottom of the box, the gas is more densely compressed. Your online references simply are references to problems or diagrams in which this pressure gradient is neglected because it is not relevant to the problem under consideration. Were they discussing buoyancy or the condition of hydrostatic equilibrium within the vessel, they would of course mention it.

As I also mentioned many time (while providing references), kinetic theory dictates that there is a pressure gradient. This gradient derives directly from the Boltzmann distribution over the potential gravitational energies of the molecules. It is just as direct a result of kinetic theory as is the Maxwell distribution of speed.

Comment on Ethics of communicating scientific uncertainty by Pierre-Normand

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“Repeating things endlessly and misrepresenting me constantly is not all that endearing.”

What did I misrepresent? You didn’t issue any correction. You only said, concerning your very own claims (about the two cylinders), that they weren’t *relevant*. And then you immediately reassert one of them in another setting (the gas filled box with a density gradient). You claim is that temperature depends on density, and collisions rate on the solid surface, and not just average kinetic energy. I didn’t misrepresent this, did I?

Comment on Ethics of communicating scientific uncertainty by Pierre-Normand

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Rob Ellison: “Repeating things endlessly…”

Maybe you should stop repeating endlessly vague generalities that nobody takes issue with and you should instead start responding to specific objections to your claims, or retracting those that are false.

Comment on Pre-traumatic stress syndrome: Climate trauma survival tips by Seidler

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There is science behind this concept. My aunt was depressed in the cold, rainy climate she lived in on the East Coast. She moved to the sunny area on the West Coast and has been happy for years.


Comment on Pre-traumatic stress syndrome: Climate trauma survival tips by Michael

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Judith takes another step towards victim-bully hood.

Comment on Pre-traumatic stress syndrome: Climate trauma survival tips by stevepostrel

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Timg56–I also left out killer bees, killer AI, killer nukes, and sharknados. Megaquakes. Supervolcanos. ET invasions. Gray goo. Giant insects. Homicidal birds. Dragons. Helldemons. Galactus.

Comment on Pre-traumatic stress syndrome: Climate trauma survival tips by aaron

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Thought it was down river hoes.

Comment on Pre-traumatic stress syndrome: Climate trauma survival tips by rls

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The history and traditions of England are fascinating. And love the pubs. One of the few yanks in my crowd that drank bitter.

Comment on Bertrand Russell’s 10 commandments by kim

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Tom, you’re in a pinnace, well off shore. You don’t need an anchor, it’s within yourself.
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Comment on Bertrand Russell’s 10 commandments by kim

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Like red pepper to dynamite.
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Comment on Bertrand Russell’s 10 commandments by Daniel

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Exactly so, despite the pedantic remarks of John Carter. If LIberals gave a damn about what they pretend to give a damn about they would be very concerned with data that follows the failures of the programs they advocate and work to amend the principles and procedures they have crafted but all Liberals ever do is wail for more money and more power and nothing changes except their wealth and the power they wield. Their failures, like the ban on DDT or the money wasted on Head Start are simply ignored. Nothing is learned from them, nothing amends their belief in their own wisdom and power and ‘right’ to contravene the choices other people might make in their lives.
Todays, ‘liberal’ is more ‘certain’ of their ‘wisdom’ than 50 years ago. Pelosi: ‘We have to pass the bill to see what’s in it’ with the implication that we are the good people so it can only be good and no need to be concerned about the details.
Has anyone apologized for that train wreck or for the ban on DDT or for the thousand other programs that have wasted people’s lives and wealth for the sanctimony of the ‘we care’ crowd?


Comment on Bertrand Russell’s 10 commandments by jim2

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So, from what tribe does Josh hail? The Boreahns?

Comment on Bertrand Russell’s 10 commandments by Faustino

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Rose, agreed, wisdom comes from the capacity to learn from our experiences, and be open to what they might tell us.

Comment on Bertrand Russell’s 10 commandments by beththeserf

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Yup. So pervasive and homogenising in the ‘humanitees.’
(Kinda’ like BOM temperature adjustmentising.)

Comment on Bertrand Russell’s 10 commandments by Ragnaar

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I want to belong to the middle tribe. Occasionally I will ally with the skeptic tribe against the warmist tribe. This is politics, and can’t be dressed up as something better than that.

Comment on Bertrand Russell’s 10 commandments by Faustino

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Steve Postrel, for once I disagree with you. Wisdom arises from understanding the world as it is, from observing with detachment its changing nature as it manifests within each one of us, and through this free ourselves from the attachments which colour our volition and actions. Wisdom lets us respond without attachment, without ego, without distorted perception, to whatever arises. It helps us to deal with others with compassion and insight rather than with reactions from our deep subconscious of which we are not aware. It does not involve hindsight, it enables us to live in, and deal well with, the moment.

Your posts are rarely facile, this one is.

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