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Only Connect

Posted on February 17, 2019

You may have heard of the cumulative temperature increases plateauing between 1998 and 2013. “But Da Paws” was all the rage around 2012 in the Contrarian Matrix – recall for instance when David Rose became Judy’s megaphone. Then it subsided: … Continue reading →

Posted in ClimateBall, Contrarian Matrix, Judith Curry, Philosophy for Bloggers, Watts Up With That, We Are Science | Tagged , , , , , | 110 Comments

Eric’s Memes

Posted on January 29, 2019

Eric Winsberg teaches philosophy at the University of South Florida. He specializes in philosophy of science, in particular computer simulations in science. He wrote a book that may interest AT’s readers, called Philosophy and Climate Science. We met over teh … Continue reading →

Posted in Interview, The philosophy of science, We Are Science | Tagged , , , , | 37 Comments

Sarah’s Wand

Posted on December 24, 2018

In the spirit of We Are Science, here’s an edited chat with Dr. Sarah Taber, whom I’ve met over the tweeter. She has things to say about land ownership, farming, and AGW. Enjoy. [Willard, so W] hello [Dr Sarah Taber, … Continue reading →

Posted in Scientists, We Are Science | Tagged , , , , | 17 Comments

Ceci n’est pas un Sokal

Posted on October 9, 2018

Yet another hit piece by Freedom Fighters against “ideologically-motivated scholarship, radical skepticism and cultural constructivism.” Yascha Mounk called it Sokal Squared. On closer inspection, there’s no Sokal there. Inspired by Michael Lukas I contend it’s more of a Veritas scam. The Sokal epithet refers to perhaps the … Continue reading →

Posted in advocacy, ethics, Philosophy for Bloggers, Politics, Research | Tagged , , | 85 Comments

We Are Science

Posted on September 17, 2018

After a few days of presentations on (gasp!) science communication, a party was being held in Iceland. Many dignitaries, a few allocutions, among them one by a lady from the banking industry, more exactly a PR big boss from a … Continue reading →

Posted in advocacy, Climate change, Politics, Science, Scientists | Tagged | 69 Comments

Science Has Always Been Political

Posted on July 27, 2018

The following tweet states a fact many historians of science attest: |￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣| Science has always been Political|＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿| (__/) || (•ㅅ•) || / 　 づ#HistorianSignBunny — Dr. Audra J. Wolfe (@ColdWarScience) July 12, 2018 Scientists were not all pleased. Tweetstorms rained. … Continue reading →

Posted in ClimateBall, Philosophy for Bloggers, Politics, Science, Scientists, Sound Science (tm), The philosophy of science | Tagged , | 201 Comments

The CO2 World Cup

Posted on July 17, 2018

Glen Peters found a nifty way to plug in CO2 emissions per person during the World Cup: Who has the lowest CO₂ emissions per person? France – Croatia (#FRACRO)#FRA – #CRO#WorldCup #CO2WorldCup https://t.co/aqjMTmv8EK pic.twitter.com/2VkmPLo7dr — Glen Peters (@Peters_Glen) July 15, … Continue reading →

Posted in ethics, GRRRROWTH, Politics | Tagged , , , , , | 57 Comments