tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post555675447382313024..comments2024-03-26T12:23:29.784-04:00Comments on Philosoraptor: Alex Epstein: "97% Of Climate Scientists Is 100% Wrong"Winston Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-80536992381975161692018-02-16T13:24:25.139-05:002018-02-16T13:24:25.139-05:00It's actually a great object lesson in prevari...It's actually a great object lesson in prevarication and bullshittery.<br /><br />Are the twitter statements and quotes from Kerry and things bandied about on social media by non-experts 100% correct (and by "correct" meaning "accurately and exhaustingly communicating the results of peer-reviewed research")?<br /><br />Hell no, when are they ever? But does that mean that c0veknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-27757743766409394942018-02-14T15:00:41.613-05:002018-02-14T15:00:41.613-05:00This video does an excellent job of dealing with a...This video does an excellent job of dealing with a global warming skeptic, while emphasizing how difficult it is to predict into the future.<br /><br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOQQI0yFbls<br /><br />Just look at the evidence at NOAA, NASA, etc., it's overwhelming. One of my most skeptical colleagues, and brightest (we also rarely get along all that well), is now 99% convinced Aahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00045786882607525394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-6701729611292016082018-02-14T14:57:14.569-05:002018-02-14T14:57:14.569-05:00I don't have the space here to go into detail,...I don't have the space here to go into detail, but all you have to do is look at the evidence. The temperature of the planet is going up (~0.8 - 0.9oC on average...the only thing he gets right), CO2 levels are above 400 ppm, and the planet is beginning to show signs of the warming. 70-80% of all Krill are dead (look it up), ice caps are melting, ocean levels are slowly rising, winters are Aahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00045786882607525394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-12651108879953311592018-02-14T14:55:06.867-05:002018-02-14T14:55:06.867-05:00He's completely and totally full of shit.He's completely and totally full of shit. Aahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00045786882607525394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-56011781091649675962018-02-13T17:18:13.770-05:002018-02-13T17:18:13.770-05:00I am a little dubious of anyone who asserts that t...I am a little dubious of anyone who asserts that the warming trend has "tapered almost to nothing in the last decade and a half." Ice volume continues to shrink,and the last 3 years have been very warm indeed.Pete Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675790226494153847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-22478809176763419402018-02-13T15:46:11.386-05:002018-02-13T15:46:11.386-05:00quick googling shows the guy runs a for-profit thi...quick googling shows the guy runs a for-profit think tank called "the center for industrial progress" and has published a book called "the moral case for fossil fuels," so I'd go with 0%Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com