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Taking science by the throat...

2018-04-29

For out of olde feldes, as men seyth, Cometh al this newe corn from yer to yere

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Chaucer, of course. Beautiful. Used as a chapter heading by C. S. Lewis in his The Discarded Image ; you should read it. But it turns out t...
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2018-04-25

Assessing the relative contribution of economic, political and environmental factors on past conflict and the displacement of people in East Africa

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Assessing the relative contribution of economic, political and environmental factors on past conflict and the displacement of people in Eas...
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2018-04-22

Economics, Law and Ethics

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I've been off in the lakes reading literature ; and also running badly ; so not much blogging. But I've been reading, and recently ...
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2018-04-11

Fortran puzzle!

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And the puzzle is not "why does anyone use Fortran", because that's unfair. Via James , from Rolf , is the excellent: CCCCCC...
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2018-04-04

Monckers him even more back

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Monckers him back refers. There's an update to the trove of court dox in the Alsup case 1 . Most of them are unbearably tedious, and o...
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2018-04-03

Who was that masked man?

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With glowing red eyes, horns, goat's feet and a pitchfork, smelling of sulphur? 1  It is of course Lucio Noto . And why do we care? Bec...
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2018-04-02

The Climate Change Hypocrisy Of Jet-Setting Academics?

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Via Sou , who sources WUWT and HuffPo . I recall discussing air travel recently, but can't see where 1 ( Climate Chickenhawks probab...
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2018-03-31

A little bit more climate suing stuff

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Following on from  More climate suing stuff , Alsup , and Who knew what when  with a side order of Para 67 , there's a period of rest f...
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2018-03-27

Paragraph 67

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If you read the wackosphere - not a thing I'd encourage - you'll find many odd things, such as  BOOM! Federal Judge Dismisses Claim...
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2018-03-26

Who knew what when?

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See-also: Yet more Exxonknew drivel  or  #exxonlied . When they run out of reality to talk about, people often drop back to arguing exactly ...
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2018-03-22

Alsup: today's news

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[The endgame: Holy Alsup, Batman! ] The case continues to fascinate me. News on it over this side of the Atlantic is sparse, so if you hav...
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Trump and science: malice or indifference?

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Pop quiz: who wrote "A second lesson is that scientists who are opposed to Trump (and please count me among them) should take care that...
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2018-03-21

Alsup: the Graun steps up to the plate

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Keen to show off their skilz at answering Alsup's questions, the Graun falls flat on its face . We read: What is the molecular differ...
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Happer, Koonin, Lindzen vs Alsup

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It turns out that Happer, Koonin and Lindzen have a shark-jumping amicus curiae brief , too , in the Alsup case 1 . As you'd expect it ...
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2018-03-20

Monckers him back

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Monckers is back, and he has a cloud of righteous smoke from a giant spliff to blow in your face . Yes, it looks like the Alsup case has d...
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2018-03-15

Oedipus Tex, and other Choral Calamities

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You've heard it before - or so I should damn well hope - but since RS reminds me , and CIP also comments , I think I should too. Who c...
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2018-03-08

More climate suing stuff

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Via a somewhat weird Twatter post, comes news of yet another climate-suing case. Are there so many that I'm losing track? It is hard to...
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2018-03-07

The oil industry knew about climate change long before the American public did?

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Via Twatter , we come to yearsoflivingdangerously.com and their theme, "Big Oil Knew". And it is essentially the same drivel 1 ...
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2018-03-05

Is Bruno Latour a useless ponce?

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Shamefully, RS doesn't address this vital question . But, contra Betteridge, I think the answer has to be Yes. My text is RS's: Th...
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