Unherd 7/26/2021 There’s a problem with writing about science — any science — which is that scientists are human like the rest of us. They are not perfect disembodied truth-seeking agents but ordinary, flawed humans navigating social, professional and economic incentive structures. Most notably, scientists, like people, are social. If they exist in a social or professional circle that believes X, it... Read more
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Facebook’s ‘Fact Checks’ Suppress Debate
May 17 | Posted by mrossol | Environment, Politically correctAn example of how major technology platforms are subtly or not so subtly influencing “the narrative”. It is pernicious. mrossol WSJ 5/16/2021 By Steven E. Koonin This paper published Mark Mills’s review of “Unsettled,” my book on climate science, on April 25. Eight days later, 11 self-appointed “fact checkers” weighed in with a 4,500-word critique on the website ClimateFeedback.org. Facebook is waving that fact check... Read more
Climate Media vs. Climate Science
April 15 | Posted by mrossol | Biden, Environment, Global WarmingWSJ 4/13/2021 By Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.
Joe Biden has put a presidential imprimatur on climate change being an existential threat, and he doesn’t mean in the Jean-Paul Sartre sense of man’s search for meaning in an uncomforting universe.
He means the end of humanity, a claim nowhere found in climate science.
This is odd because the real news...
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Climate Media vs. Climate Science
April 13 | Posted by mrossol | Democrat Party, Environment, LawWSJ 4/12/2021 By Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.
A coal-fired power plant in Glenrock, Wyo., July 27, 2018.
PHOTO: J. DAVID AKE/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Joe Biden has put a presidential imprimatur on climate change...
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A Mom’s Research (Part 2): Texas Freezing and Global Warming
February 22 | Posted by mrossol | Environment, Global Warming, Politically correct, ScienceVery nicely written article. Very informative and well documented. mrossol The Epoch Times. 2/21/2021 Commentary A few days ago, my husband and I were chatting about the freezing weather in Texas and the resulting blackouts. My daughter got grumpy when she heard us and said, “So you don’t believe in global warming?” “Not necessarily. If you want to convince me, answer my questions,” my husband... Read more
Wildfire Sanity. Why’d it take this long?
September 15 | Posted by mrossol | Environment, Global Warming, Henninger, Liberal Press, The LeftI guess painful loss creates an incentive, and incentives matter. mrossol. WSJ – 9/15/2020. by Daniel Henninger Wow. Overnight, apparently there’s nobody who does not understand that climate policy is not an answer to California’s wildfire crisis. Even the do-gooder, nonprofit news group ProPublica plaintively asks in a headline, “They Know How to Prevent Megafires. Why Won’t Anybody Listen?” The article goes on... Read more
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