Tag Archives: Bad Science

Sammy Wilson MP – an ex-Environment Minister

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Rick Altman

Apart from Graham Stinger (a former chemist) – and Classics graduate Lord Monckton (who has turned climate change scepticism into an art form) – all sceptical UK politicians have a background in economics and/or business. As it is the economic … Continue reading →

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MMR and MRSA – health scares and bowel movements

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Rick Altman

My children are of such an age that they were due to get the Measles Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine in 1998 (just when Andrew Wakefield first got his research published). I am very glad we ignored the fuss and … Continue reading →

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What are the roots of this financial crisis?

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Rick Altman

As Europe lurches from one day of crisis to another, it is common to hear people ask “Where will it all end?” However, I think it is more important to ask “How did it all start?” With regard to the … Continue reading →

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The road to hell is paved with good inventions

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Rick Altman

…that are not true! Earlier this year, I posted a review of Prof. Ian Plimer’s most recent 500-page epic, Heaven and Earth: Global Warming – the Missing Science, on amazon.co.uk under the title “Nice book (cover) – shame about the … Continue reading →

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AGW – What would Jesus do?

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Rick Altman

Amongst Christians, it is a popular past-time to ask “What would Jesus do?” But let’s be a little more PC about this… What would Muhammad, or King Solomon, or Buddha, or Confucius do? In fact, what would Francis Bacon, Thomas … Continue reading →

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Conspiracy theory – History for losers

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Rick Altman

So says David Aaronovitch in Voodoo Histories – and he is absolutely right. (For the benefit of new readers, David Aaronovitch is an old favourite of mine but let’s not digress; unless you want to)… In 2007, the American Physical … Continue reading →

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How to be a climate change ‘sceptic’

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Rick Altman

If I have not said it before, the reason sceptic is inside quotation marks is because I take the view, as do Clive Hamilton, Peter Jacques, and David MacKay, that those who deny anthropogenic climate disruption (ACD) are not sceptics … Continue reading →

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The problem of arguing with a sceptic

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Rick Altman

I recently got into a discussion over on the Amazon website with another ex-Telegraph blogger, regarding Peter Taylor’s Chill, A Reassessment of Global Warming Theory: Does Climate Change Mean the World is Cooling, and If So What Should We Do … Continue reading →

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