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Category Archives: Scepticism
A brief history of climate change ‘scepticism’
Here is my attempt to make sense of the academic literature categorising the rhetorical positions adopted by climate change ‘sceptics’. However, please note that the term ‘sceptic’ is used solely for convenience: Given that the totality of post-industrial climate change … Continue reading
The art of being misleading (or maybe just mistaken)
I recently became aware of an article published on The Conversation website over a year ago, written by James Painter, author of Poles Apart: the reporting of international scepticism. The article, entitled Enough scientific certainty exists on climate change to … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Science, Denial, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Scepticism
Tagged goldminor sanchez, James Painter, Poles Apart
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Climate change denial IS conspiracy theory
I am growing increasingly tired of the circular nature of arguments about climate change. People who are supposedly ‘sceptical’ only have four arguments, which are as follows: (1) It ain’t happening; (2) It ain’t us; (3) It ain’t bad; and … Continue reading
The imprudence of being earnestly Oakwood
I concluded yesterday’s post, entitled ‘The importance of being earnestly wrong’, by quoting a wonderfully circular argument from Oakwood. This was the assertion that “…you cannot show any one of these [opinions] to be inaccurate, except by appealing to ‘the … Continue reading
The importance of being earnestly wrong
I began my previous post by asking the question: “Must the World Bank now be added to the supposed list of environmentally-alarmist institutions seeking to use the perceived threat of climate change as a pretext for imposing global authoritarian government … Continue reading
How NOT to be sceptical
In the process of compiling my previous post, I was reminded of this one; and decided it warranted being re-posted in its own right… Originally posted on 7 September 2011, as How to be a climate change “sceptic”, this is … Continue reading
The ‘threadbare hypothesis’ of climate change
This is the Gospel according to Roger Helmer MEP (and Cambridge graduate in Mathematics) – whose non-expertise in the subject leads him to conclude that the climate is not changing; and to equate people concerned about climate change with those … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Science, Confirmation Bias, Economics, Environment, Junk Science, Politics, Scepticism
Tagged Richard Lindzen, Roger Helmer, Roy Spencer, UKIP
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A letter to UKIP MEP Roger Helmer
Roger Helmer was first elected as Conservative MEP in 1999, but defected to UKIP last year. Not surprisingly, therefore, he is “sceptical” about climate science. He is, as David Suzuki has recently described it, one of many that elevate economics … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Science, Economics, Environment, Junk Science, Politics, Scepticism
Tagged Roger Helmer, UKIP
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