Warmist Erin Bergren: Anthony Watts is "essentially a troll who enjoys harassing and insulting members of the reality-based community"; also "I put a lot of effort into treating people the way that I want to be treated"

the rules of engagement | erin bergren's notebook

As far as I can tell, Watts is essentially a troll who enjoys harassing and insulting members of the reality-based community until they ignore him and then he accuses them of “refusing to engage in debate”. But Watts has no interest in debating the ideas; blocking him is a refusal to engage in the kind of petty bickering a number of climate skeptics seem to enjoy so much.
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I don’t think it’s a good use of time to engage with trolls like Watts who was clearly just trying to pick a fight. I don’t think it’s a good use of time to engage with people who refuse to accept rational engagement with the issue, clinging instead to ideological blindfolds.
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I think that Tol has a point, though. Academics in general are seen as arrogant and closed off from regular public life, and I think that reputation is often warranted.
...Educators and thinkers should remain open-minded to, tolerant of, and thoughtful about disagreement. But this doesn’t imply the same about disrespect.
Maybe this does make me an aloof egghead, but I don’t think it does. I put a lot of effort into treating people the way that I want to be treated, and I think that goes both ways....

About Me | erin bergren's notebook

I am a PhD student in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Previously, I studied climate change adaptation planning in Hawaii.

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