Monday, December 08, 2008

North's Exposure - Chris Horner - Planet Gore on National Review Online
...I suggest a comparison is in order: how often are the noisiest four alarmists quoted, vs. how often North’s four targets get ink? I recall how North’s pal Michael Mann was the go-to guy for every sort of alarmist story for years, until his “hockey stick” was finally subjected to scrutiny, and debunked. And James Hansen has apparently been on every reporter’s speed dial, giving 1,400 interviews over the period of time he claimed to have been “muzzled” by this Bush administration (just as he claimed to have been by the first Bush administration, both of which assertions are demonstrably false). North doesn’t say what these examples tell him.

To be charitable, [Jerry] North’s commentary reflects a double standard. To be more direct, it’s whiny nonsense from someone who proves that alarmists not only have a poor track record at debating, they do themselves no favors when given an open mic.
William M. Briggs, Statistician » Just what are falling temperatures evidence of?
If increasing temperatures are consistent with or are evidence of global warming, what theory is consistent with or evidence of falling temperatures? Global warming, too?

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