tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post963174860467033641..comments2024-03-19T07:10:27.303-07:00Comments on Quark Soup by David Appell: The Charade of Credibility Is GoneDavid Appellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03318269033139447591noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-32795229702089944682015-11-03T11:39:36.324-08:002015-11-03T11:39:36.324-08:00tonylearns - the word "key" is an exagg...tonylearns - the word "key" is an exaggeration. I have looked at the specific technique used in the Cook paper. They looked for was papers acknowledging that the greenhouse effect was an element of current warming. However, their 97% didn't demand that the paper say the greenhouse effect was a <i>key</i> element.David in Calhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222355423128534221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-14873147679376523052015-11-02T21:29:27.404-08:002015-11-02T21:29:27.404-08:00Calling Cook a weasel is silly, He is an activist....Calling Cook a weasel is silly, He is an activist. the people who make ridiculous arguments against that 97% paper are actually weasels.<br /><br />The most interesting research I know of that deal with the specifics you are brining up is Bert Verheggan's which shows around 90% of climate scientists think we will get really screwed if we don't mitigate C02 by a large amount soon.<br /><br />No one has bothered to recreate the extremely labor intensive approach of the Cook paper, because the deniers all know that the results would not be to their liking. they learned their lesson with BEST and WUWT "revolutionary analysis of Urban heat Island, that seems to have been forgotten about.<br /><br />No real study that I know of shows less than 97% of climate scientists acknowledging the greenhouse effect as being a key element of current warming.<br />tonylearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15168161576867493109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-18735651062778192562015-11-02T18:06:53.410-08:002015-11-02T18:06:53.410-08:00Dano -- I know there was an old survey of only abo...Dano -- I know there was an old survey of only about 100 climatologists that purported to show a high level of agreement of the same things Cook supposed showed. Namely, the earth is warming and man's activity contributes to the warming by some non-zero amount. I used to have a link to this study, but that page seems to be gone.<br /><br /><br />Do you know of any studies demonstrating consensus on either:<br /><br />-- the amount or rate of warming caused by man's activity? or<br />-- the amount of harm that will be done by global warming?<br /><br />Cheers<br />David in CalDavid in Calhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222355423128534221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-2880884742098285762015-11-02T15:27:35.625-08:002015-11-02T15:27:35.625-08:00David in Cal, you were duped if you believe the on...David in Cal, you were duped if you believe the only evidence for a consensus (at least they don't spell it 'concencus' like they did when the talking point first was released) is the Cook paper.<br /><br />Best,<br /><br />DDanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03709762632849004871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-76538019612072716282015-11-02T08:38:29.285-08:002015-11-02T08:38:29.285-08:00The prior comment was from me
Cheers
David in CalThe prior comment was from me<br />Cheers<br />David in CalDavid in Calhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222355423128534221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-10914951590205189282015-11-02T08:38:01.226-08:002015-11-02T08:38:01.226-08:00tonylearns -- no doubt a lot of people would agree...tonylearns -- no doubt a lot of people would agree that CO2 is causing current warming, that it will continue to do so far beyond anything experiencd in the holocece, and that it will cause significant problems for humanity or the biosphere. And, I think many people would agree with your definition of "climate change denier" as someone who doesn't buy this entire package. However, that term doesn't adquately describe your meaning. A more precise term would be something "catastrophic-anthropogenic-climate-change-denier". [In German, this could be one long word :)] <br /><br />There is an alleged 97% scientific consensus on climate change. E.g., a paper by John Cook conlcuded that 97% of climate scientists believe that the earth is warming and man's activity contributes to the warming. However, Cook's methodolgy did not address the amount of warming caused by man or whether that warming would do harm. So, someone would have to believe stuff above and beyond the alleged scientific consensus in order to avoid being a denier, per your definition. <br /><br />(To make my position clear, I think Cook is a weasel. Not only was his study technically defecive, but he also presented it to the public as if it proved more than it actually did. He fooled a lot of people IMHO.)David in Calhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222355423128534221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-86930800364145954552015-11-01T23:35:08.389-08:002015-11-01T23:35:08.389-08:00David.
none of the above. It is refuting almost a...David.<br /><br />none of the above. It is refuting almost all evidence that Co2 is causing current warming and that it will continue to do so far beyond anything experienced in the holocece, and accepting or promoting uncritically any assertions that this is not happening or is not going to cause any significant problems for humanity or the biosphere. tonylearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15168161576867493109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-46838308618780548722015-11-01T10:49:38.409-08:002015-11-01T10:49:38.409-08:00There's a similar weakness in that quote from ...There's a similar weakness in that quote from John Oliver. He says something is a fact, as certain as the fact that 15 > 5. But, he doesn't say what it is that he asserts is a fact. That the climate changes? That man's activity contributes to global warming? That global warming causes more hurricanes? That climate sensitivity equals exactly = 3.0 deg C? He just doesn't say.<br /><br />How can one be positive that something is true without even knowing what that something is?<br /><br />Cheers<br />David in CalDavid in Calhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222355423128534221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-73107196215445413632015-11-01T08:27:34.672-08:002015-11-01T08:27:34.672-08:00The phrase "deny climate change" is unde...The phrase "deny climate change" is undefined. E.g., David, does denying climate change mean claiming that-<br /><br />1. The climate doesn't change?<br />2. Climate models are unreliable?<br />3. Man's impact on climate may be real, but small?<br />4. Various proposed CO2 reduction schemes shouldn't be tried, because they won't work?<br />5. Global warming and rising CO2 have done more good than harm?<br />6. Some climate research, such as Mann's "hockey stick", are based on bad science? <br /><br />There's simply no agreement about what it means to "deny climate change". It sounds more like religion than science. Denying climate change sounds like denying Jesus. I do not want the church of climate change to prosecute the Galileos of today for heresy.<br /><br />Cheers<br />David in Cal<br /><br />David in Calhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222355423128534221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-12178446620200227722015-11-01T06:23:33.372-08:002015-11-01T06:23:33.372-08:00It was always a war of attrition ... with small wi...It was always a war of attrition ... with small wins, small losses, holding out until the scientific evidence became incontrovertible, until enough people had seen and understood the changing of the climate with their own eyes and brains. <br /><br />That moment may be approaching.Tobyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03315547955416711269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-31163787714656109462015-11-01T02:43:39.668-08:002015-11-01T02:43:39.668-08:00With all the vitriol, i think deniers thought it w...With all the vitriol, i think deniers thought it was a fight to the death.<br />I have been adamant in my insintence on acience and calling out the comspiracy theorizing and blatant lies and hypocrisy.<br />But as soon as someone acknowledges reality, i am just glad, and have no intetest in beatimg up on them.<br />Watts, Mincton, Goddard and some others, i may be less forgiving, but it is possible none of them will ever admit being wrongtonylearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15168161576867493109noreply@blogger.com