tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396147428833519657.post5587945166236997807..comments2024-01-22T09:08:40.833+00:00Comments on Delphius' Debate: Horizon: Science Under Attack.Mark The Skint Sailorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892877003107509621noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396147428833519657.post-68711218073585296982011-02-09T02:29:37.602+00:002011-02-09T02:29:37.602+00:00But... how sure are you that all the influencing f...But... how sure are you that all the influencing factors are taken into account in your computer model and that their behaviour within the model accurately reflects real life?<br /><br />Also how can you be sure that the long-term temperature record is accurate, given the fact it isn't generated as a result of direct temperature records, but itself modelled and approximated from 3rd-hand dataMark The Skint Sailorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04892877003107509621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396147428833519657.post-27204710505561476922011-02-02T04:21:11.854+00:002011-02-02T04:21:11.854+00:00Hello Delphius,
I'm a graduate student workin...Hello Delphius,<br /><br />I'm a graduate student working at a well-known institution on a climate model. Of course, there's no way you're going to be able to check my identity, but humor me ;)<br /><br />I'm not going to try to convince you here. Instead, I'll describe how the world looks from my perspective, hopefully allowing you to 'walk in my shoes' and understandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396147428833519657.post-32542761863234860902011-01-31T19:11:42.695+00:002011-01-31T19:11:42.695+00:00Anonymous: I've not purported to be an expert....Anonymous: I've not purported to be an expert. I have never falsely claimed to be a climate scientist and I would never put my views forward as gospel. <br /><br />All I've done is outline why the climate scientists have failed to convince me that man made global warming exists and that a biased programme like the Horizon one fails to convince me because it is outright propaganda.<br /><Mark The Skint Sailorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04892877003107509621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396147428833519657.post-45162803619451170222011-01-31T01:47:30.971+00:002011-01-31T01:47:30.971+00:00This very blog just proves the point of the progra...This very blog just proves the point of the programme. In this day and age, everyone is an expert.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396147428833519657.post-89073764224667147862011-01-30T14:41:24.169+00:002011-01-30T14:41:24.169+00:00Er, its all gone quiet. No warmists out there want...Er, its all gone quiet. No warmists out there want to have a bash at fisking my perception of the issue?Mark The Skint Sailorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04892877003107509621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396147428833519657.post-89082774454067819382011-01-27T18:25:30.552+00:002011-01-27T18:25:30.552+00:00Adun: My opinion has been formed in part by person...Adun: My opinion has been formed in part by personal experience, in part by assessing the evidence provided by both sides of the argument.<br /><br />I know from personal experience that climate changes as part of a natural process. I've lived through bitterly cold winters and droughts. I have been told by scientists that the climate in the past has been vastly different: from ice ages to Mark The Skint Sailorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04892877003107509621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396147428833519657.post-46486038421027567082011-01-27T11:42:51.032+00:002011-01-27T11:42:51.032+00:00"I've never seen such a poor science prog..."I've never seen such a poor science program and such a blatant piece of propaganda".<br /><br />I have - it was called Climate Wars..<br /><br />For my money, the most interesting segment was that about HIV/AIDS. It can only be interpreted as a triumph of scepticism towards the consensus view.Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396147428833519657.post-85005409840534033282011-01-27T05:56:02.503+00:002011-01-27T05:56:02.503+00:00Just saw the program and was thinking to post a co...Just saw the program and was thinking to post a commentary about it on the Facebook wall of my Better Globe page. I found this blog searching for a useful link to attach to the link. But reading here I see we have quite different views on global warming. GMO I am against, although open to the possibility of some benefits that I do not know of yet or that may appear in the future, but how to tell Audun - independent Better Globe Ambassadorhttp://www.facebook.com/BetterGlobeAfricanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396147428833519657.post-44293027410591432692011-01-26T21:34:47.161+00:002011-01-26T21:34:47.161+00:00Anonymous: I was dumbfounded by the statements dis...Anonymous: I was dumbfounded by the statements disregarding the effect of the sun on climate. <br /><br />Its THE most energetic object in our solar system, we are "only" 93 million miles away from it, yet the suns effects range a number of times as far as the orbit of Pluto, it heats up our planet, driving weather systems and global currents, the particles it radiates into space Mark The Skint Sailorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04892877003107509621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396147428833519657.post-77369570063864275772011-01-26T21:16:18.029+00:002011-01-26T21:16:18.029+00:00You can see the shock on Dellinpole's face as ...You can see the shock on Dellinpole's face as the cancer question was put to him out of the blue, as if to say "what's this got to do with global warming?"<br /><br />Of course the cancer question although initially sounding like global warming isn't anything of the sort. If you have cancer, the doctor will tel you the result of historical clinical trials. He will outline Mark The Skint Sailorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04892877003107509621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396147428833519657.post-65226216322455349562011-01-26T12:00:01.520+00:002011-01-26T12:00:01.520+00:00What I thought was particular deceitful was the pa...What I thought was particular deceitful was the part where Singer was interviewed for his views - he says that whilst the TSI has remained pretty much constant over time, the solar wind hasn't - and it is the changes in solar wind which have an effect on climate. the program then cuts to NASA, whereby the scientist, in response to Nurse point that 'some sceptics believe the sun is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396147428833519657.post-76185068731554575412011-01-26T08:58:42.115+00:002011-01-26T08:58:42.115+00:00I gather that James Dellingpole was interviewed fo...I gather that James Dellingpole was interviewed for three hours and the shown bits had to be stuff about 'So what if you had cancer?'. <br />Statements by warmist OK, Contrary views Not accepted.<br />All in all a gloss over with white paint.Lesleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-396147428833519657.post-22217579937628386722011-01-26T06:29:36.899+00:002011-01-26T06:29:36.899+00:00Here's an antidote to help get you through the...Here's an antidote to help get you through the day:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO63oWe6XXo<br /><br />Top comment:<br /><br />"This is a video that every blog should share with their readers to underline the outrageous bias at the heart of the BBC, and the propaganda it thrusts upon its viewers, listeners and readers."<br /><br />AutonomousMind 1 week ago 31Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13148109858138132059noreply@blogger.com