Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Ronald Bailey Still Gets It Wrong!

I see that Ronald Bailey of Reason tried to correct his recent long article on climate change, after what I wrote here. But he still gets it wrong, and still shows he doesn't understand the basics.

His correction says:


The problem isn't with the thickness number! It's with the whole concept of acceleration!

His correction is very fuzzy and doesn't address the problem in any way.

The problem is that acceleration isn't measured in millimeters, or feet, or any unit of length. It's measured in units of length per time-squared (say, mm per year-squared).

Did Bailey take basic physics? Or did he forget it all?

How come people who don't know science get jobs writing for a place for decades, and I'm still struggling as a freelancer? Must be my noxious personality.

3 comments:

Thomas said...

"How come people who don't know science get jobs writing for a place for decades, and I'm still struggling as a freelancer? "

You've got to learn to say what the owners want to hear.

David in Cal said...

Most of the readers don't know science. Neither do the owners. So, they don't care. :(

David Appell said...

Thanks Thomas.