How to assassinate the truth

The Gravityloss blog has an excellent post on how deniers can, and do, effectively assassinate the truth. The First Phase: Get a media channel. This is usually a columnist in a large newspaper. Might also be a web news site reporter. Or a celebrity. Call this person X. X writes or says something completely false,... Continue Reading →

It’s OK, if you are a climate change denier

Remember the outcry when Micheal Tobis merely asked the question ‘is unfairly criticizing those pushing for action on climate change and thus delaying action morally equivalent to killing people’? And then answered only by saying “It's not all that obvious to me that it isn't.” Deniers like Marc Morano instantly claimed that: “Scientists claim that... Continue Reading →

Canada’s creationism problem

Gary Goodyear, the federal Minister of State for Science and Technology (who was already on shaky grounds with scientists), recently caused quite a stir when he refused to say whether or not he accepted evolution. “I'm not going to answer that question. I am a Christian, and I don't think anybody asking a question about... Continue Reading →

An illustration of the climate change debate

Is it any wonder why a disconnect exists between the public and the scientific positions in regards to climate change? Graph created by Michael Tobis The horizontal axis above refers to an unconstrained emissions ("business as usual") scenario. The vertical axis is roughly proportional to the probability of finding that an expert's opinion is matched... Continue Reading →

Monckton’s silly graph: Part 3

Monckton just can’t help himself. Monckton has updated his silly graph, and now the Cuffey and Clow graph (correctly cited this time around!), has been adapted from the original which represented temperatures in Greenland, to represent Antarctic temperatures. How exactly did he accomplish this impressive feat? The same way he took the original and made... Continue Reading →

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