Tag Archives: Online climate debate

The Black Knight

Posted on July 2, 2019 by ...and Then There's Physics

I’ve been engaging in some discussions with people I shall politely call climate “skeptics”. It struck me that it’s a bit like the classic Black Knight scene from Monty Python. Start off being polite and complimentary. The resonse is unpleasant … Continue reading →

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I’m back…sort of

Posted on July 9, 2015 by ...and Then There's Physics

I’m back from my conference, and – I have to say – I thoroughly enjoyed being away, not blogging and not Twittering (well, not much). One problem is that I enjoyed it so much, I really want to try and … Continue reading →

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Two years

Posted on April 13, 2015 by ...and Then There's Physics

I was reminded by WordPress that today is the second anniversary of me starting this whole blogging lark. In some sense I’m amazed that it’s been that long. In another sense, it seems as though I’ve been doing this for … Continue reading →

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Polemics

Posted on March 24, 2015 by ...and Then There's Physics

I stayed up last night and watched the South Africa – New Zealand semi-final at the cricket world cup. I really shouldn’t have, as I really am now too old to do an all-nighter, and we lost. However, I also … Continue reading →

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Hostilities

Posted on February 3, 2015 by ...and Then There's Physics

There has been a rather extensive discussion on Twitter about hostilities in the online climate debate. It seems to have been partly motivated by the recent articles by Matt Ridley and David Rose, in which they complain about how they’ve … Continue reading →

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