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Post by james on Aug 19, 2016 21:18:12 GMT -5
I dare say that some readers here will be pleased with your refutation of the 97% scientific consensus on AGW Doug.
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Post by Doug on Aug 19, 2016 21:23:31 GMT -5
I dare say that some readers here will be pleased with your refutation of the 97% scientific consensus on AGW Doug. How many biologist, chemist, physicist. The rest are pretend scientist. The problem with "climate science" is it ain't science. There is zero science in "climate science". Zero duplicable results.
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Post by james on Aug 19, 2016 21:28:43 GMT -5
You are wrong Doug. Your opinions are absolutely unshakeable no matter how wrong they are on this matter and it is clear that nothing that any citizen or Nobel laureate can ever say will ever lead you an inch closer to observable reality. Tant pis!
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Post by jdd2 on Aug 19, 2016 21:37:29 GMT -5
It's a good thing Doug believes in (doesn't "doubt") the moon landings...!
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Post by Fingerplucked on Aug 19, 2016 21:45:24 GMT -5
It's a good thing Doug believes in (doesn't "doubt") the moon landings...! Doug can see the moon, just like the rest of us, plain as day. Err, night. But we only have one moon. To be repeatable, we'd need two moons. Therefore the moon does not exist. And if there is no moon, there could be no moon landing. See? Science.
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Post by james on Aug 19, 2016 21:53:51 GMT -5
Moons aside, I appreciate that "tant pis!" is a woefully pretentious thing to say but I've been saying it for forty pretentious years now and it is a hard habit to break. I won't do it again here though.
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Post by fauxmaha on Aug 19, 2016 21:56:51 GMT -5
I dare say that some readers here will be pleased with your refutation of the 97% scientific consensus on AGW Doug. Before refuting, tell me, precisely, what it is you assert that 97% of scientists agree with. Tell me also how it is you come to think they agree.
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Post by james on Aug 19, 2016 21:59:08 GMT -5
No point Fauxmaha. I've done that before. It does not fly with deniers.
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Post by fauxmaha on Aug 19, 2016 22:01:48 GMT -5
No point Fauxmaha. I've done that before. It does not fly with deniers. I accept your concession.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2016 22:28:33 GMT -5
Yeah. he's obviously a moron. Not smart like our _____ from Blighty.
Michael Hart is a former official in Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs and now emeritus professor of international affairs at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, where he has taught courses on the laws and institutions of international trade, Canadian foreign policy, and the politics of climate change. He held the Fulbright-Woodrow Wilson Center Visiting Research Chair in Canada-U.S. Relations and was Scholar-in-Residence in the School of International Service, Senior Fellow at American University in Washington, and is the founder and director emeritus of Carleton University’s Centre for Trade Policy and Law. In addition, he has taught courses in several other countries. He is the author, editor, or co-editor of more than a dozen books and several hundred articles.
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Post by jdd2 on Aug 19, 2016 22:37:18 GMT -5
Yeah. he's obviously a moron. Michael Hart is a former official in Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs and now emeritus professor of international affairs at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, where he has taught courses on the laws and institutions of international trade, Canadian foreign policy, and the politics of climate change. He held the Fulbright-Woodrow Wilson Center Visiting Research Chair in Canada-U.S. Relations and was Scholar-in-Residence in the School of International Service, Senior Fellow at American University in Washington, and is the founder and director emeritus of Carleton University’s Centre for Trade Policy and Law. In addition, he has taught courses in several other countries. He is the author, editor, or co-editor of more than a dozen books and several hundred articles. That right there says he's blowing smoke. (he's hiding in a cocoon of credentials) He hasn't studied anything about meteorology/climatology. If he has, it ain't there.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2016 23:06:09 GMT -5
Yeah. he's obviously a moron. Michael Hart is a former official in Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs and now emeritus professor of international affairs at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, where he has taught courses on the laws and institutions of international trade, Canadian foreign policy, and the politics of climate change. He held the Fulbright-Woodrow Wilson Center Visiting Research Chair in Canada-U.S. Relations and was Scholar-in-Residence in the School of International Service, Senior Fellow at American University in Washington, and is the founder and director emeritus of Carleton University’s Centre for Trade Policy and Law. In addition, he has taught courses in several other countries. He is the author, editor, or co-editor of more than a dozen books and several hundred articles. That right there says he's blowing smoke. (he's hiding in a cocoon of credentials) He hasn't studied anything about meteorology/climatology. If he has, it ain't there. I'm still working on getting my first book published. You?
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Post by jdd2 on Aug 19, 2016 23:36:20 GMT -5
No, but a couple papers on historical linguistics, a couple others on early film, and a couple very ancient ones using statistics on entrance exams and other language test. Probably as relevant as that guy's cocoon. Not that this qualifies me for anything, but: Back in HS I had an earth science class, and I kept reading on it thru my army days. One of the most challenging books to get thru then was "The Climate near the Ground," and there were others. I did ATC in the army, spending my work days looking at the skies and wx reports. (last at Redstone Arsenal--early TOW missile research; NASA had a gulfstream that they'd leave on the apron, run up, and shoot lasers at a nearby mountain; and when skylab had problems, astronauts would fly in from texas to practice repairs in a big water tank there; and I came within a hair of buying/building a Rogollo winged glider.) Given all its ocean, I think Hawaii will be fine over the next century or two. Probably not much change. But I wonder if coastal Alaska and the Aleutians might become more Hawaii-like. Back to wx, some folks aren't aware of these: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleutian_Low (final destination for typhoons from Japan, the big, long right turn) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberian_High (the mother of all highs, affecting snow here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokuriku_region ) Less important: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_Lowen.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_HighThis is a cool view of the southern hemisphere.Our present three typhoons. (bottom one is the biggie--will be the biggie)
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Post by Fingerplucked on Aug 20, 2016 7:32:04 GMT -5
I was just getting ready to go back and read the 5 reviews, something I hadn't done last night. It's the least I could do after failing to say I'm ASSUMING the 5 reviews are from family, friends or other authors, but I don't know that.
But since I noticed that Tom was so impressed that Hart had been published (see how easy it is to fall into these logical fallacies when something supports your opinion?) I first wanted to see publisher reviews. But there are none. That's unusual, so I scrolled down to see who the publisher was. It's Compleat Desktop Publishing. I've never heard of them so I googled, but Google never heard of them either.
I'm pretty sure Hart self published. Not that there's anything with that. But it's nothing to be impressed with. Anyone with a keyboard can do it.
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Post by jdd2 on Aug 20, 2016 7:50:03 GMT -5
... I first wanted to see publisher reviews. But there are none. That's unusual, so I scrolled down to see who the publisher was. It's Compleat Desktop Publishing. I've never heard of them so I googled, but Google never heard of them either. I'm pretty sure Hart self published. Not that there's anything with that. But it's nothing to be impressed with. Anyone with a keyboard can do it. Did you know that when you google something (using two words) and get just one hit, it is known as a Googlewhack?
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Post by Fingerplucked on Aug 20, 2016 7:53:57 GMT -5
I hope it doesn't seem like I'm bashing Michael Hart, but everywhere I turn I keep finding more interesting stuff. I'm still waiting to get to those 5 reviews. First, though, I wanted to see his Author's Page on Amazon. He doesn't have one. (No biggie.) I can find a list of books he's written and co-authored. Let's just say that Michael Hart is not a very popular author. One book stands out strictly for its ironic value:
How to Survive as a Complete Failure Publisher: not available Publication Date: June 27, 2015 Reader Reviews: 0 (none) Selling Price: $0.00
Poor guy. I don't know him but I'm starting to feel sorry for him. He can't even give away this book for free.
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Post by millring on Aug 20, 2016 8:14:28 GMT -5
I thought Michael Hart was the private dick who teamed up with his wife, Stephanie Powers, to solve crime. I googled it. He's actually "Jonathan Hart". I wonder why he changed his name?
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Post by jdd2 on Aug 20, 2016 8:23:31 GMT -5
Michael Hart is also an astrophysicist, who also somehow invented ebooks.
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Post by Fingerplucked on Aug 20, 2016 8:50:30 GMT -5
Okay, so I read the 5 reviews. It’s hard to get much out of just 5 reviews. There were three 5 star reviews, one 4 star review and one 1 star review. The reviews themselves didn’t reveal much. More telling, though hardly surprising, was a look at the individual reviewers:
Of the three that gave the book 5 stars, none had ever reviewed a book before.What made them post a review on this particular book? You already know the answer.
The 4 star review? Same thing. This is the one and only book ever reviewed.
The 1 star review? The reviewer had previously given one other review, a 5 star rating for "Capital, the State, and War: Class Conflict and Geopolitics in the Thirty Years' Crisis, 1914-1945 (Configurations: Critical Studies Of World Politics).” That doesn’t exactly make him an objective reviewer, but I’d say he’s a little less suspicious than the other four.
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Post by millring on Aug 20, 2016 8:51:32 GMT -5
My book was never reviewed and only one person ever bought a copy of it.
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