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Pope’s Encyclical Leaked: Relevant Climate Portion
I've been asked to do pieces on this in other places, which I'm on, but I'm also teaching from 9 to 5 today, so for us all I can do…
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Heartland Climate Conference #ICCC10: Day 2. Lousy Models, Wrong Theory
Forgive the brief post. Got back late, got up early, and have to be out early. Don't want to miss Mark Steyn's breakfast speech. See the Twitter hashtag #ICCC10 or…
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How Many Lousy Predictions Until Error Is Admitted?
https://twitter.com/EcoSenseNow/status/605381412158500864 Update Breitbart kindly asked to reprint this, and just did. How long does it take for an expert who has, year upon year after year, made predictions of unrealized…
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Heartland Conference, Statistics Classes, Statistics Books, & Statistical Cups
Heartland Conference I'll be there, speaking Friday on "The Need To Believe In 'The Solution' To Global Warming". This is a paper which I'll try to find a home for…
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Help This Reader Out: Best Science Material For Kids?
A reader writes (I've stripped out personal details): Dr. Briggs, I recently came across your work on The Stream. I was hoping you could point me to a resource or…
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Lancet Editor: Half Of Science Is Wrong. An Underestimate?
Half of science may be wrong? That may be an underestimate. But at least Richard Horton, the editor in chief of The Lancet, is in the right ballpark. Ballpark? That…
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Encyclical Delayed, Possibly Downgraded To Lesser Form?
The encyclical might be downgraded to some lesser form of "statement." This is the rumor as reported to me from "sources." Given the excitement the encyclical generated on the left,…
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Arguing About Climate Is Largely Pointless
Regular readers will already know that arguing with climate-of-doom True Believers is pointless. Don't bother. A for instance. When my piece appeared at Crisis on the Pontifical Academy for Science's…