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The Economic Fallacy, Greenpeace, David Suzuki, And Global Warming

"You can't believe what that guy says. He research was funded by Greenpeace!" The person uttering this sentence has committed the economic fallacy, which is the belief that the truth…

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Guest Post by Paul “Population Bomb” Ehrlich: Fight the Climate Skeptic Conspiracy!

This is satire.1 Hi, I'm scientist Paul Ehrlich. You might remember me from such failed predictions as "Everybody's Going to Die by 1984!" and "Tin to Become More Precious than…

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2000 Scientists Demand Climate Action! Part I

Let's suppose everything you have heard about global warming is true. It really will warm by a half-degree Centigrade by 2050, or even by three-quarters of a degree, or whatever.…

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My Answers to Willis Eschenbach’s 14 + 2 Questions

Repost Mr Eschenbach had not had the chance to respond to this article before the two weeks wherein comments are automatically closed have elapsed. This re-post will allow him, and…

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What’s New at WMBriggs.com

Guest posts There are a couple of guest posts in the queue, and more would be welcome. Since our readership is, by definition, highly intelligent, perceptive, and learned anything they…

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The Great Global Warming Blunder by Roy W. Spencer

The Great Global Warming Blunder: How Mother Nature Fooled the World's Top Climate Scientists by Roy W. Spencer This book was given to me for review by the publisher. Clouds…

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Statistics as Beauty; Global Warming Miscellany; SATs Biased?; More

Statistics is Beautiful? From reader Yeah, Yeah comes a link to a Wired article which assures us we should "Learn the Language of Data." It's not a pretty language, but…

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Postmodernism and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science

Since I am, by nature, a compassionate individual, I had been thinking of how we might Sokal the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS). It is for their…

Nate on Briggs You Tool! UFOs Are Real & Driven By Top Secret American Pilots, Insists ReaderApril 18, 2024
Damn this is from June. You just reposted on Twitter and here i am thinking it's today's post.
Nate on Briggs You Tool! UFOs Are Real & Driven By Top Secret American Pilots, Insists ReaderApril 18, 2024
Matt, I think you're on a roll with the crazies. First you dare suggest that maybe you shouldn't be required…
Briggs on William M. Briggs on Embracing Uncertainty and Stats as a False God – ThorinquiryApril 18, 2024
Carlos, It's still faith , because you have to believe your senses have conveyed information correctly, etc. We'll do more…
Carlos Julio Casanova Guerra on William M. Briggs on Embracing Uncertainty and Stats as a False God – ThorinquiryApril 18, 2024
No, there's no need to have faith in reason, becase reason is based on the natural and absolute evidence of…
Carlos Julio Casanova Guerra on William M. Briggs on Embracing Uncertainty and Stats as a False God – ThorinquiryApril 18, 2024
What happens with the dismissing of miracles is not exactly that, not an alternative explanation. It's more a particular case…