What we’re afraid to say about it.
Very sobering. If it does become airborne, it’s a nightmare.
Category Archives: Science And Society
Joe Biden Still Hasn’t Figured It Out
A woman in her twenties discovers that she was born without a cerebellum.
Hockey Sticks And “Fraud”
Some reflections from Judith Curry on Professor Mann’s latest court filing.
[Update early afternoon]
After being caught out claiming he was a “Nobel Prize recipient” in his original complaint (then having to retract it), it seems Mann and his lawyers just don’t have the good sense to know when to stop. In this case Mann has been “hoisted by his own petard”. His very own words condemn him. Again.
No comment.
The “97% “Consensus”
A new paper showing what BS it is. That this kind of thing continues to be repeated is why the warm mongers have no credibility.
Orbit And Suborbit
It’s not the height, it’s the velocity.
It’s also worth noting that a suborbit can be accurately defined as an orbit that intersects the earth or its atmosphere. So even if you have orbital speed, if there’s not a sufficient horizontal component to it, you’ll still end up back on the earth before you go around.
Hillary! And Climate Change
She has not the slightest idea what she’s talking about.
That’s true of most subjects, I think,
Climate Skeptics
How not to “crush and bury them.”
Abstinence From Alcohol
That proof that it shortens life is irrefutable.
Well, guess I won’t die of that.
The “97%” Nonsensus
As I noted on Twitter:
Anyone who continues to push "97%" nonsense is either pig ignorant or a lying demagogue. No other options. http://t.co/BVKTYuC3Tw
— Rand Simberg (@Rand_Simberg) September 5, 2014
Judith Curry explains:
I think we need to declare the idea of a 97% consensus among climate scientists on the issue of climate change attribution to be dead. Verheggen’s 82-90% number is more defensible, but I’ve argued that this analysis needs to be refined.
Climate science needs to be evaluated by people outside the climate community, and this is one reason why I found Kahan’s analysis to be interesting of people who scored high on the science intelligence test. And why the perspectives of scientists and engineers from other fields are important.
As I’ve argued in my paper No consensus on consensus, a manufactured consensus serves no scientific purpose and can in fact torque the science in unfortunate ways.
And José Duarte is appropriately brutal: