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Good luck in your future endeavors.
I have a degree of expertise in human nature as well.
One gains that after years of seeing people in action.
Good luck in your future endeavors.
Indeed.
Recent CO2 Climate Sensitivity Estimates Continue Trending Towards Zero
By Kenneth Richard on 16. October 2017
Updated: The Shrinking CO2 Climate Sensitivity A recently highlighted paper published by atmospheric scientists Scafetta et al., (2017) featured a graph (above) documenting post-2000 trends in the published estimates of the Earth’s climate sensitivity to a doubling of CO2 concentrations (from 280 parts per million to 560 ppm). The trajectory for the published estimates of transient climate response […]
Sounds like a credentialist deflection. I would think the papers reviewed would be more important than where Scaffetta published.Can I ask why Scaffetta published in a journal that has nothing to do with climate? It was published in Int'l Journal of Heat and Technology. While that certainly deals with heat transfer I'm curious why such an obscure journal choice.
Hmmmm.
I'll stick with more standard respected outlets and journals, like Nature.
Beyond equilibrium climate sensitivity
Climate sensitivity, the long-term warming due to doubled atmospheric CO2 levels, is estimated in the range of 1.5 °C to 4.5 °C. A synthesis of work reveals that whether the value falls at the high or low end, future emissions will have to be strongly limited.www.nature.com
Sounds like a credentialist deflection. I would think the papers reviewed would be more important than where Scaffetta published.
That's because the authors included a known liar and academic vandal.So you've never published? I am not surprised.
But your point is a fair one. Those of us who have published know that not all of our work is going to make the quality standards of higher level journals. I have a variety of published articles spanning known to less-known journals. The quality necessary to get into some of the more strict journals acts as a pretty solid filter. But you are correct it isn't necessarily a valid critique of the data.
But it is ironic that YOU should raise this point after you spent so much time leveraging argumentum ad hominem in debating against Peterson et al.
That's because the authors included a known liar and academic vandal.
Felony convictions preclude certain professions. Same for Connolley.Argumentum ad hominem is still not logically sound. But keep trying! I'm certain one day logic and rhetoric will re-evaluate this. Just sure of it!
Felony convictions preclude certain professions. Same for Connolley.
Commonly prohibited industries are banking, insurance, health care and real estate. Lawyers, teachers, psychologists and other professions that require a license are also off limits if you were convicted of a felony. Convictions on the federal and state level can be pardoned by the president or governor, respectively.
Felony Employment Laws
He committed the intellectual equivalent of a felony, suppressing research and papers, and creating a false narrative. And I'm surprised you don't see that.Remind me what felony he was guilty of?
But either way it's still an argumentum ad hominem. Crowing about making a logic fallacy does not make the logic fallacy any less fallacious.
It’s like an actual felony, but only recognized by blithering idiots.He committed the intellectual equivalent of a felony, suppressing research and papers, and creating a false narrative. And I'm surprised you don't see that.
Superstition Based Climate Policy
Superstition Based Climate Policy | Real Climate Science
https://realclimatescience.com/Posted on December 22, 2020 by tonyheller
Global warming is the oldest of all superstitions. Ancient superstitions involve human sacrifices to the gods to avoid crop failure due to adverse weather.
On August of 2003 a heat wave killed over 14,000 people in France. Most of the victims were elderly people who died alone in their apartments due to the lack of air conditioning. Socialist economic policies by the government keeps the price of electricity very high, making air conditioning a luxury affordable only to the rich. The heat wave killed many people in the other European countries, but their governments, which have control over their citizens, did not released the number of death. Certainly in their case, since they did not had air conditioning, it did not was the cause their death, the cause of their deaths was the lack of air conditioning due to their government policies.It's great that science came to the rescue to incredibly boost productivity in agriculture over the last 2 centuries. It's too bad that science ALSO says something you don't like to hear.
That's how we know when one is operating from a position of "confirmation bias". They can take science and agree with things that make them happy but call it "superstition" when it fails to make them happy.
On August of 2003 a heat wave killed over 14,000 people in France. Most of the victims were elderly people who died alone in their apartments due to the lack of air conditioning. Socialist economic policies by the government keeps the price of electricity very high, making air conditioning a luxury affordable only to the rich. The heat wave killed many people in the other European countries, but their governments, which have control over their citizens, did not released the number of death. Certainly in their case, since they did not had air conditioning, it did not was the cause their death, the cause of their deaths was the lack of air conditioning due to their government policies.
Keep in mind, there are several pros and cons both if we were to make healthcare more affordable. On of the cons, would be the need to substantially raise taxes. European countries get quite a bit of their tax revenues on energy and what they call luxuries. When I lived in Germany, the people there paid an annual tax on items like TVs and radios. Many of the middle class there didn't live any better than the lower class here.Yeah that's pretty awful. It has nothing to do with the topic of climate change and the need to address this issue. It is a very sad thing that societies don't care enough for their people. I live in the US where every year many die because we REFUSE to make healthcare affordable. We literally could not care less about our fellow citizens.
So let's not divert this conversation from the topic of climate change. This is something that NEEDS to be addressed, just as social equity NEEDS to be addressed. Both important topics but not necessarily one or the other.
Your response, “I live in the US where every year many die because we REFUSE to make healthcare affordable”, is the one that “It has nothing to do with the topic of climate change.” You are the one diverting the topic from climate change.Yeah that's pretty awful. It has nothing to do with the topic of climate change and the need to address this issue. It is a very sad thing that societies don't care enough for their people. I live in the US where every year many die because we REFUSE to make healthcare affordable. We literally could not care less about our fellow citizens.
So let's not divert this conversation from the topic of climate change. This is something that NEEDS to be addressed, just as social equity NEEDS to be addressed. Both important topics but not necessarily one or the other.
Obviously you did not listen and watch to Tony Heller video “Superstition based Policy”, where he specifically address the issue of government calling for cutting the use of warming chemicals common in air-conditioners and refrigerators.
Tony make reference to countries reaching an agreement on limiting hydrofluorocarbons (HFC) emissions from air conditioners and refrigerators to combat climate change.
Came across this list some years ago and have been updating it from time to time ever since:
- "Global Warming Tipping Point Close?"--headline, ClimateArk.com, Jan. 27, 2004
- "Warming Hits 'Tipping Point' "--headline, Guardian, Aug. 11, 2005
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- "Tipping point for the climate can already be a reality in East Asia" - EurekAlert!, November 30, 2020
- "HUMANITY HAS REACHED A NEW, TERRIFYING TIPPING POINT, STUDY FINDS" - Inverse, December 9, 2020
FWIW.
What if they're just engaging in scare tactics?Here's a question: what if they're right?
Tipping Points don't mean that you will see anything different in your day-to-day activities. We won't notice it at all, likely. It simply means that future actions won't be able to stop the effects.
Let's say you walked into work on Monday and accidentally said something to your boss that he or she found EXTREMELY offensive. It could be a "tipping point" for you. The boss may not say anything and your work day goes along just as planned. In fact you have many weeks of work that is totally fine. But in the background your boss is setting up your eventual exit. You are now on the "short list" for the next round of layoffs, for instance.
Fast forward 6 months to the next round of layoffs and mysteriously, despite your solid work, you are let go. Not fired for cause or anything you can take action on...it's solely because "Well the company had to make some cuts for economic reasons and your position was sadly on the block. Nothing about you, per se...just the economic conditions..."
That's a tipping point. YOU set it off without even knowing it and once it happened the was literally nothing you could do to stop it.
Does that make sense?
What if they're just engaging in scare tactics?
Hide the decline.That's certainly something you can hypothesize. I'm sure that's it. Because otherwise we'd have to believe the scientists and that might harsh our mellow.
Hide the decline.