Always a good day when you can start it off with a Phil Folglio drawingâŚ
Is that disappointing close to the plot of Michael Crichtonâs âState of Fearâ? That book was a real ânever meet your heroesâ moment for me.
Casting this as a fictional plot is brilliant. Very nearly all CT fall apart under the laugh test. If they donât, itâs time to get worried. Cf: Iran-Contra.
Roger That!
Iâm not sure if the â97 % of all climate scientistsâ is a good argument. I do know that itâs not meant this way but it can give the âscience is only a pollâ feeling.
It would be funny if it were so depressingly trueâŚ
The followups to the tweet are a masterclass in rebutting climate deniers with aplomb and thoroughness.
Unfortunately, theyâre also a masterclass in climate deniers ignoring any rebuttals and repeatedly throwing the same denials in attempt to drown out the opposition.
The timestamp on the Tweet is from 19 months ago. Unless Westerfeld is also a character on Steins;Gate, he didnât tweet that from his âZeroesâ tour.
Right you are â thanks!
Yeah - I canât do that any more. Same as arguing with gun nuts (and I suspect a large overlap between the two populations). There is literally nothing that will change their minds, they will gang up, bury you with insults, congratulate each other on how they have defeated you with their logical skills, etc etc. All you do is end up stressed, angry, and blocking dozens of people.
So, despite having a background in climatology and atmospheric science I just donât engage on the subject any more, my blood pressure canât take it.
Itâs certainly guaranteed to get published. And a film treatment.
âThe Passion of the Kochâ
Wish I had thought of that!
A nice thing about being dishonest is that you can damn someone if they do or if they donât. When people bring up the 97% consensus, deniers accuse them of thinking science is like an opinion poll; and yet in its absence often the same people will say the science is unsettled because not everyone agrees.
I think trying to choose your words to give such people no purchase is a futile effort. Theyâll make up what they need regardless. But to anyone honest, pointing out that 97% of scientists agree on something should suggest what the balance of evidence actually is, or at least show what nonsense it is to pretend it is just a greedy contrivance.
That is essentially the plot of Kingsmen, with the worlds democratic leaders joining the evil environmentalist side against the interests of humanity.
Didnât Glenn Beck already write this?
Rule 34 says that there will be a version with âKochâ spelt differently.
