Category: Global Warming Denialism
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The inconsistency of cranks
One of the most salient features of cranks is their inconsistency. A major difference between someone who is trying to reason scientifically and someone who has a fixed belief they are trying to defend against rational inquiry is the scientific thinker is looking for synthesis. They want things to fit together nicely, to make sense,…
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A history of denialism – Part III – Global Warming Denialism
Part III of our discussion of the history of denialist movements is on one that should tie things together and one I hope some of my fellow sciencebloggers will realize speaks to the necessity of challenging denialists on every front. My work in this instance is made extremely easy as Naomi Oreskes has done it…
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The Heartland Institute Crankfest
There is no way I could let the Heartland Institute’s Global Warming conference go by without comment, especially since it’s so beautifully conformed to my expectations of what a gathering of cranks would be like. I think DeSmogBlog’s coverage has been the best. But back to my expectations, we have experts of dubious quality speaking…
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If I find out about your study on Uncommon Descent first, it’s a bad sign
I want to point out two things about the anti-consensus report the anti-AGW denialists are spreading as if it is an actual scientific document. For one, if the first place I read about it is when it’s promoted on Uncommon Descent, you immediately lose about 99.9% of your credibility. I’d be a little embarassed if…
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I could have told him that
Richard Black investigates the common crank claim that science is just an old boys network designed to throw sweet, sweet grant money at their friends. Guess what? The evidence of this conspiracy is lacking. I anticipated having to spend days, weeks, months even, sifting the wheat from the chaff, going backwards and forwards between journal…
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Global warming crankery from co-founder of the weather channel
Just watching CNN, and saw them mindlessly parrot the latest rant from a crank. In this instance it’s the founder of the weather channel John Coleman, now a San Diego meteorologist, who peels off a doozy. It is the greatest scam in history. I am amazed, appalled and highly offended by it. Global Warming; It…
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Vikings Disprove Global Warming!
It’s the latest idiotic attack on the science of global warming, Joe Queenan tells us it was great for the Vikings! Why the LA Times publishes this crap is beyond me. So the argument is, the Vikings had a merry old time the last time it was warm like today, therefore, why worry? Global warming…
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Al Gore and the Attack of the Global Warming Cranks
I’ve postponed writing about Gore/IPCC Nobel largely because I wanted to see how the denialists would respond, and it has been interesting. The problem is worsened by what Paul Krugman called Gore Derangement Syndrome: So if science says that we have a big problem that can’t be solved with tax cuts or bombs — well,…
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If you can’t beat ’em, smear ’em
Tim Lambert has coverage of the latest in the denialist attempt to discredit global warming science – the smearing of scientist James Hansen. Using the bogey-man of George Soros, they try to suggest that Hansen has been funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars. How many people, for instance, know that James Hansen, a man billed…
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Schulte’s Analysis Challenging Climate Consensus Has Been Rejected
DeSmogBlog has the details. Apparently, “cut-and-paste” Schulte didn’t have anything new to say, not even enough for a journal like Energy and Environment to take it. Although, Richard Littlemore’s letter discussing his loose use of other researchers contributions might have helped. Here is the email that I sent to Boehmer-Christiansen” … Dr. Schulte’s analysis has…