Category Archives: Philosophy for Bloggers

Mario’s Room

Posted on March 2, 2019 by

Marie Kondo might be onto something. Her method inspires millions to unclutter homes and lives. She divides belongings into five categories: clothes, books, papers, miscellanea, and mementos. (So much the worse for artisans and musicians.) After having gathered each item … Continue reading →

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Only Connect

Posted on February 17, 2019 by

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

Fact mongering

Posted on January 10, 2019 by

I thought I would highlight an essay that some of my regulars might find of interest. It’s by Adam Briggle in Issues in Science and Technology and is about Fear mongering and fact mongering. The article is essentially about responsible … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, ClimateBall, Philosophy for Bloggers, Pseudoscience, Research, Sound Science (tm), The philosophy of science, The scientific method | Tagged , , , , , | 473 Comments

We have 12 years

Posted on January 9, 2019 by

Patrick Brown has a recent blog post about whether, or not, the IPCC claims that we have 12 years to avoid catastrophic global warming. As his post highlights, there are a number of problems with this claim. Firstly, the IPCC … Continue reading →

Posted in advocacy, Climate change, Philosophy for Bloggers, Policy, Scientists, The philosophy of science | Tagged , , , , , , | 31 Comments

What bothers, and confuses, me about climate change

Posted on January 6, 2019 by

Since this blog is mainly a place for me to express my views, I thought I would try explain something that bothers, and confuses, me about the whole climate change issue. Maybe others feel the same as I do, maybe … Continue reading →

Posted in advocacy, Carbon tax, Climate change, Environmental change, Personal, Philosophy for Bloggers, Policy | Tagged , , , , | 277 Comments

A defense of science?

Posted on October 27, 2018 by

Susan highlighted a New York Times article about Bruno Latour, that I had actually seen and had been considering writing about. I have written about Bruno Latour before and I’m still not sure what to make of this article. One … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, Philosophy for Bloggers, Politics, Science, The philosophy of science, The scientific method | Tagged , , , , | 71 Comments