Comment on Argument and authority in the climate fight by curryja
Andy Revkin has an entertaining post that is relevant http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/04/in-overheated-climate-fight-a-search-for-common-ground/ And in the spirit of “love your enemies”, see...
View ArticleComment on Argument and authority in the climate fight by lolwot
The first letter appealed to authority. The second letter said OK then and bought real authority to the table.
View ArticleComment on Argument and authority in the climate fight by leftturnandre
Hypothesis….Test hypothesis….. Science. Hypothesis: More CO2 “traps heat” and radiates it back from the troposhere to earth.; Physics: plancks law, Stefan Boltzman requires an emitter to have higher...
View ArticleComment on Argument and authority in the climate fight by alaincoe
I agree with this vision. The basic of Roland Benabou theory is that your invested interest in a domain prevent you to see opposing views. this post vulgarize beanbou works in a nice way....
View ArticleComment on Argument and authority in the climate fight by lolwot
“Hypothesis: More CO2 “traps heat” and radiates it back from the troposhere to earth” Well that’s more like observed fact than hypothesis.
View ArticleComment on Argument and authority in the climate fight by Joshua
Theo - How are you defining metacognition. As I understand the term (and have used the term for years), it refers to one’s knowledge about their own learning processes. How do you, or Judith, have any...
View ArticleComment on Argument and authority in the climate fight by Paul S
Physics: plancks law, Stefan Boltzman requires an emitter to have higher temperatures to emit more infrared. Consequently where the troposphere is back radiating more, it should be warmer. The...
View ArticleComment on Argument and authority in the climate fight by Joshua
I take it that no on here so “concerned” about “appeal to authority” felt that the first WSJ editorial was worth reading because of the “expertise” of people who signed it. Right?
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Comment on Argument and authority in the climate fight by cui bono
I would argue that “warm” implies neither “warmest” (cooling trend) nor “warming” (warming trend). Their view was “the warming trend has not abated. The last decade was the warmest since records...
View ArticleComment on Argument and authority in the climate fight by Girma
leftturnandre In science, when the observation does not match theory, we chuck the theory. Here is comparison of Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) theory and observation: IPCC AR4, 2007 =>...
View ArticleComment on Week in Review 2/3/12 by Kip Hansen
Hey all you detail people: Didn’t the Met UK office issue something similar recently? Counting the new Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology report, how many major new summaries over the last...
View ArticleComment on Argument and authority in the climate fight by David Wojick
It depends on what the quoted words mean.
View ArticleComment on Argument and authority in the climate fight by manacker
Judith The “love your enemies” support, which Anthony Watts is giving Michael Mann is sort of like that of a one-legged milking stool with termites (potentially treacherous in a manure-filled barn).....
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Comment on Argument and authority in the climate fight by cui bono
Joshua - Heavens, with lolwot here I thought you could take the day off. The first op-ed was interesting mainly because of it’s rarity value. The second was interesting for showing the usual hubris –...
View ArticleComment on Argument and authority in the climate fight by Joshua
It depends on what the quoted words mean. Which is why I asked for clarification. Apparently Judith’s intended meaning is non-standard. Even so, with a non-standard definition – it’s still an “appeal...
View ArticleComment on Argument and authority in the climate fight by Joshua
cui bon - The first op-ed was interesting mainly because of it’s rarity value. That is a completely subjective determination. I found it interesting because I was stunned to find a group of very smart...
View ArticleComment on Argument and authority in the climate fight by cui bono
“That is a completely subjective determination.” It’s true, I haven’t been counting, but how many MSM editorials have you seen opposing AGW? In the UK, I can’t think of one.
View ArticleComment on Argument and authority in the climate fight by Joshua
cui bono - It’s true, I haven’t been counting, but how many MSM editorials have you seen opposing AGW?</blockquote> How many MSM editorials have you seen comparing scientists to Lysenko? I...
View ArticleComment on Argument and authority in the climate fight by Chief Hydrologist
Our ‘interest is to understand – first the natural variability of climate – and then take it from there. So we were very excited when we realized a lot of changes in the past century from warmer to...
View ArticleComment on Argument and authority in the climate fight by manacker
Joshua Are you referring to the first WSJ op-ed (1/27) “No Need to Panic…”, (signed by 16 scientists) or the follow-up op-ed (2/1) by Kevin Trenberth “Check With Climate Scientists …”, (signed by 38...
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