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Rename “Global Warming” Contest

Andrew Jackson (â€@yodacomplex) reminded me of the screwy history of the thing that was Global Warming. The phrase has undergone many revisions, examples of which are: Climate Change, Climate Cataclysm,…

Statistics

Can A Disgusting Smell Turn You Conservative And Against Gay “Marriage”?

Can sniffing a sticky stained organic tote bag that has seen one too many trips to Whole Foods turn you into the kind of activist that haunts street corners and…

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Global Warming Hanger-On Says Ends Justify The Means

A question from the new SAT in Reading Comprehension was leaked: "'The students rushed the platform to prevent the speaker from speaking.' Were these students, (A) progressives, or (B) conservatives?"…

Culture

Climate Wars At The University of Delaware: Guest Post by Jan H. Blits

Jan H. Blits is a professor in the University Honors Program at the University of Delaware, is the winner of the 2011 Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Academic Freedom Award. May a…

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End Of The World Set For 2047. Plan Accordingly

Bob Geldorf (and who the hell is he?) was off by seventeen years. But then I read he's a singer and no professional climatologist. Since he's some big hoo-hah celebrity,…

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A Survey Of The Perceptions Of Climate Scientists 2013: No Consensus

Earlier this year scientists were given a survey on their opinion of the state of climate science. This was administered by Dennis Bray & Hans von Storch at the Helmholtz…

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The Data Is The Data, Not The Model: With Climatology Time Series Example

How not to plot The following plot was sent to me yesterday for comment. I cannot disclose the sender, nor the nature of the data, but neither of these are…

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The 0.3% “Consensus”—Guest Post by Christopher Monckton of Brenchley

A major peer-reviewed paper by four senior researchers has exposed grave errors in an earlier paper in a new and unknown journal that had claimed a 97.1% scientific consensus that…

cdquarles on William M. Briggs on Embracing Uncertainty and Stats as a False God – ThorinquiryApril 19, 2024
One definition of faith is "Certain knowledge of something you can't know any other way", such as mathematical axioms. Faith…
Cary D Cotterman on The Week In Doom: The Distraction Of Truth EditionApril 19, 2024
I live and breathe as proof that ugly does not equal woke.
Gespenst on Why I Don’t Want To Be Made To Support IsraelApril 19, 2024
Heresolong, We're talking about modern Israel here.
Tars Tarkas on The Week In Doom: The Distraction Of Truth EditionApril 19, 2024
"California’s court system is preparing to allow a divorced mother, Anne Georgulas, to have her 11-year-old son castrated against the…
Jim Fedako on The Week In Doom: The Distraction Of Truth EditionApril 19, 2024
"Critics 'are not merely authoritarian, they demonstrate pervasive normative rigidity that comes from Christian fear of judgement,'" says Boghossian while…