New Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) replies have exposed more misdeeds by Professor Edward Wegman and Yasmin Said at George Mason University (GMU), closely involved with the Kochs, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and many others known for attacks on climate science. This post reviews background and attaches FOIA files that unearthed evidence for:
-pervasive mis-use of Federal funds for inappropriate work,
-plagiarism or falsification in documents used to seek grants or credit,
-GMU violations of Federal...
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Dr. Patrick Michaels can
Dr. Patrick Michaels can debate science, where science is debated... in the peer reviewed journals. As a scientist if Michaels wants to convince his peers with evidence that he has every opportunity to do so through with rigorous, robust research findings. That's how science works.
Oh?
If "that's how science works", then why does James Hoggan & Associates PR INC. find it necessary to stick their nose in and act as shills?
They work to counter the
They work to counter the people who lie to non-scientists about what the science is saying. People who are not scientists often have no idea of how scientists work.
So what you are saying is ...
... your idea of science depends on PR spin instead of facts.
Thanks for clearing that up.
Rob: Illiterate or
Rob: Illiterate or dishonest? Let the intelligent reader decide.
Ouch! Another legendary VJ zinger!
"Rob: Illiterate or dishonest? Let the intelligent reader decide."
When "the intelligent reader" figures it out, please let VJ know.
Actually
Hansen and Gore are simply scared of being humiliated. Terrified in fact
Wouldn't you be?
What? You expect them to risk killing their golden goose? They might end up having to get real jobs?
Debates
Debates are about the dumbest way imaginable to do science.
1) Anything serious wants graphs, not just words.
2) But whether with words or graphs, it is WAY, WAY easier to cherry-pick and generate confusion and doubts in an audience than to generate clarity.
I've seen people write short articles or letters-to-editors in which they've managed to include a dozen or so of the arguments listed in http://www.skepticalscience.com/argument.php .
Every one of those arguments would be wrong, long-ago debunked, with plenty of scientific references. But it takes far less time to throw all those arguments up in the hope that one or more of them sticks with a listener, than it takes to carefully and patiently debunk each one so that a general audience understands. There's probably an inherent 10:1 or 20:1 ratio.
All it takes to "win" a debate is to generate 10 wrong arugments and hope that an audience member worries about one of them.
Just go down the list above and you'll see what I mean.
The merger of Sun
The merger of Sun Microsystems and Oracle Corp is something to look out for. IBM was in talks and appeared on the verge of closing the deal, but negotiations fell apart. Now it will become half of Oracle Sun, but it will likely mean layoffs, as any large merger usually does. Payday loans to buy stock in Oracle may not be the greatest idea, since the stock has dropped almost a dollar since the news broke. However, this goes a long way for credit repair for the Sun sale, into Oracle Sun.
Every airline, big and small,
Every airline, big and small, needs administrative support staff to keep the office running smoothly.
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