tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13775438.post7149411809979563990..comments2024-01-23T07:27:44.012-05:00Comments on Dawg's Blawg: A Rational Discussion of Climate Change - Maybe?Dr.Dawghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00416571487451925246noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13775438.post-76446397767949910592010-11-18T14:10:09.857-05:002010-11-18T14:10:09.857-05:00Meanwhile, back in Zog's fairytaleland...You s...Meanwhile, back in Zog's fairytaleland...<br><br>You should get away from that little cave full of denialist blogs and make your way out into the real world, Zog. <a href="http://climateprogress.org/2010/11/15/year-in-climate-science-climategate/" rel="nofollow">http://climateprogress.org/2010/11/15/year-in-climate-science-climategate/</a>Holly Sticknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13775438.post-80096712825177838652010-11-18T14:10:09.694-05:002010-11-18T14:10:09.694-05:00"Brilliant" riposte, Holly.BTW, I don..."Brilliant" riposte, Holly.<br><br>BTW, I don't get my science from blogs, although I must confess that I do enjoy an occasional dip into "Watts Up With That". When I first heard of the AGW theory twenty years ago, I found it interesting and possibly credible. Then, like a lot of scientists not directly involved in the controversy, I started reading the IPCC reports. They contain a grain of rationality but, by and large, they have little to do with scientific inquiry and a lot to do with attempts to justify pre-conceived notions. I'm just an unreconstructed empiricist who deals in observable facts and not computer-generated moonshine. (Yes, I realize that glaciers are receding in much of the world but, human detritus being exposed as they retreat in the Alps and southern Greenland shows conclusively that the same thing happened about a thousand years ago. Why did that happen? Damned if I know but, I'm certain that it wasn't caused by Medieval coal-fired power plants.) Zognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13775438.post-21632161497798065662010-11-18T12:21:26.000-05:002010-11-18T12:21:26.000-05:00"Brilliant" riposte, Holly.
BTW, I don&..."Brilliant" riposte, Holly.<br /><br />BTW, I don't get my science from blogs, although I must confess that I do enjoy an occasional dip into "Watts Up With That". When I first heard of the AGW theory twenty years ago, I found it interesting and possibly credible. Then, like a lot of scientists not directly involved in the controversy, I started reading the IPCC reports. They contain a grain of rationality but, by and large, they have little to do with scientific inquiry and a lot to do with attempts to justify pre-conceived notions. I'm just an unreconstructed empiricist who deals in observable facts and not computer-generated moonshine. (Yes, I realize that glaciers are receding in much of the world but, human detritus being exposed as they retreat in the Alps and southern Greenland shows conclusively that the same thing happened about a thousand years ago. Why did that happen? Damned if I know but, I'm certain that it wasn't caused by Medieval coal-fired power plants.) Zognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13775438.post-28048733849269914522010-11-18T10:53:19.000-05:002010-11-18T10:53:19.000-05:00Meanwhile, back in Zog's fairytaleland...
You...Meanwhile, back in Zog's fairytaleland...<br /><br />You should get away from that little cave full of denialist blogs and make your way out into the real world, Zog. <a href="http://climateprogress.org/2010/11/15/year-in-climate-science-climategate/" rel="nofollow">http://climateprogress.org/2010/11/15/year-in-climate-science-climategate/</a>Holly Sticknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13775438.post-58937200374030665082010-11-18T10:38:36.000-05:002010-11-18T10:38:36.000-05:00John,
Why wouldn't Lindzen talk about models?...John,<br /><br />Why wouldn't Lindzen talk about models? I would too since they are the foundation (a very shakey one) on which the whole crubling AGW edifice is built.Zognoreply@blogger.com