Comment on Week in review 4/27/12 by Punksta
Yes – which of course raises the question : how long is “long” ? Climatology tradition says 30 years. 17 years is “significant”, said someone (Santer?), echoed over at RC. It’s now been 15. So the...
View ArticleComment on Week in review 4/27/12 by Bart R
In China, the credo “It is permissible to eat anything that walks with its back to the sky,” is a point of national pride.. which is a very high point indeed. The saying is justified by some as the...
View ArticleComment on Week in review 4/27/12 by Bart R
peterdavies252 | April 28, 2012 at 2:43 am | Bumper sticker: “What are you complaining about? We tried keeping your kind out.” Not sure if I ought admire its directness, or revile everything about it.
View ArticleComment on Climate change and moral judgement by jim
I have a better communication strategy for them to try: Show us the evidence! I mean real evidence, not correlations, fuzzy critters, flawed climate models and natural weather variations pawned off as...
View ArticleComment on Climate change and moral judgement by kim
I love it. The author considers ‘climate change’ a moral imperative, but seems not to think truth-telling is one, see ‘focus messaging on the costs, not benefits’. ===========
View ArticleComment on Climate change and moral judgement by sean2829
So much talk about cognative ability and the biggest skeptics are those who understand the data and it’s limitations. Perhaps more effort should go to figuring out why knowledgeable people with...
View ArticleComment on Climate change and moral judgement by kim
Strategies 2 and 3 are internally contradictory, and I suspect the dissonance is from the assumption, not in evidence, that anthropogenic climate change is bad. =================
View ArticleComment on Climate change and moral judgement by Jim Cripwell
Once again our hostess has chosen a subject which assumes that CAGW is real. Since the climate sensitivity of CO2 addded to the atmosphere from current levels is indistinguishable from zero, this is...
View ArticleComment on Climate change and moral judgement by plazaeme
The challenge is to judge the evidence provided by IPCC <i>et al</i>, and the suitability of their methods. And this is very far from a moral question.
View ArticleComment on Climate change and moral judgement by kim
I also particularly like ‘the challenge of manipulating moral intuition’. These people, seeking to abolish man, have abolished their own humanity instead. ===================
View ArticleComment on Week in review 4/27/12 by RobertG
@David Wojick, you may prefer that the debate be taught, but you didn’t actually answer my question: I wasn’t asking about your preferences; I was asking you if you believe this somehow helps 4th...
View ArticleComment on Week in review 4/27/12 by GaryM
My nomination for Quote of the Week, from a senior EPA administrator, on his philosophy in regulating oil companies: “It was kind of like how the Romans used to, you know, conquer villages in the...
View ArticleComment on Week in review 4/27/12 by Chief Hydrologist
No – Mr Gates – where there is no increase in atmospheric warming there is no increase in downwelling radiation. We can then rule out greenhouse gases. Your next 3 factors are related to SW forcing but...
View ArticleComment on Climate change and moral judgement by maksimovich
One of the important aspects of the Debate is the resolution of the conflicts of the propositions, ie what are the implications of the solutions and how well posed is the problem and are there...
View ArticleComment on Week in review 4/27/12 by GaryM
Oh, and this bright light of the CAGW community received, by my tally, $603,331 in federal research funding from 2006 to 2009. Ah the wonders of pristine, objective science.
View ArticleComment on Climate change and moral judgement by omanuel
It is difficult to motivate action with obviously falsified information.
View ArticleComment on Climate change and moral judgement by GaryM
“So understanding the challenge in manipulating the moral intuition within individuals is particularly important to communicators and those that wish to initiate change.” This is just another shot at...
View ArticleComment on Climate change and moral judgement by Stacey
So a summary:- 1 We deceive you. 2 You don’t believe us! 3 What’s wrong with you? I suggest the psychologists who prepared this psychobabble seek immediate treatment, although sadly they may well be...
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