Climate Change - The Scientific Debate (Vol. II)

Climate Change - The Scientific Debate (Vol. II)

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kerplunk

7,064 posts

206 months

Saturday 15th December 2018
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robinessex said:
kerplunk said:
It seems to me most sceptics think climate sensitivity is low based on a disbelief in climate model projections but that's just argument from incredulity isn't it.
Climate is a Chaotic system. Now tell me how the maths works?
Not sure what your point is. Are you saying because the climate is chaotic we can't say how it will respond when a force is applied to it? Even the direction of travel is unknowable? What if the sun suddenly got hotter and the amount we receive on earth increased by a few watts/m2 - do you think that would have a warming effect on the climate or is it unknowable, because 'chaos'?

PRTVR

7,092 posts

221 months

Saturday 15th December 2018
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kerplunk said:
Interesting use of the word 'observe' there. Are you just trying to make it sound more authentic than mere 'claim' or are you basing it on something tangible?

It seems to me most sceptics think climate sensitivity is low based on a disbelief in climate model projections but that's just argument from incredulity isn't it.
The disbelief with climate models is based on real world observations,
did the pause/ hiatus with temperature take place ?
If it did, did the climate models predict it? If not we have a large variable that is not accounted for, how many more unknowns are not known.... hehe

Another YouTube video
This one from Dr Tim Ball on the consensus.
https://youtu.be/SQFCKICwFEQ

gadgetmac

14,984 posts

108 months

Saturday 15th December 2018
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PRTVR said:
kerplunk said:
Interesting use of the word 'observe' there. Are you just trying to make it sound more authentic than mere 'claim' or are you basing it on something tangible?

It seems to me most sceptics think climate sensitivity is low based on a disbelief in climate model projections but that's just argument from incredulity isn't it.
The disbelief with climate models is based on real world observations,
did the pause/ hiatus with temperature take place ?
If it did, did the climate models predict it? If not we have a large variable that is not accounted for, how many more unknowns are not known.... hehe

Another YouTube video
This one from Dr Tim Ball on the consensus.
https://youtu.be/SQFCKICwFEQ
laugh Yes, quickly everyone, head over to YouTube to hear what the Creationist has to say on the subject.

kerplunk

7,064 posts

206 months

Saturday 15th December 2018
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PRTVR said:
kerplunk said:
Interesting use of the word 'observe' there. Are you just trying to make it sound more authentic than mere 'claim' or are you basing it on something tangible?

It seems to me most sceptics think climate sensitivity is low based on a disbelief in climate model projections but that's just argument from incredulity isn't it.
The disbelief with climate models is based on real world observations,
did the pause/ hiatus with temperature take place ?
If it did, did the climate models predict it? If not we have a large variable that is not accounted for, how many more unknowns are not known.... hehe
There are many variables that the models can't predict (solar activity, volcanoes, ENSO etc) - the question is do they get the long term climate sensitivity to CO2 right? I don't think the putative pause is much of a guide to that.

If the global warming trend of the last 50 years continues we'll blow by the IPCC lower bound in just a few more decades, and that's just the 'transient' climate sensitivity, not ECS. so the question remains - how do sceptics 'observe' that ECS is at the low end of the IPCC range and maybe even lower?




Edited by kerplunk on Saturday 15th December 16:00


Edited by kerplunk on Saturday 15th December 16:01

DocJock

8,352 posts

240 months

Saturday 15th December 2018
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By your way of thinking, should the Nobel Institute ask Linus Pauling's family to hand back his Nobel Prize because of his daft belief that massive doses of vitamin C cure all sorts, from the common cold to cancer?

edit: reply was to gadgetmac

Edited by DocJock on Saturday 15th December 16:11

PRTVR

7,092 posts

221 months

Saturday 15th December 2018
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gadgetmac said:
PRTVR said:
kerplunk said:
Interesting use of the word 'observe' there. Are you just trying to make it sound more authentic than mere 'claim' or are you basing it on something tangible?

It seems to me most sceptics think climate sensitivity is low based on a disbelief in climate model projections but that's just argument from incredulity isn't it.
The disbelief with climate models is based on real world observations,
did the pause/ hiatus with temperature take place ?
If it did, did the climate models predict it? If not we have a large variable that is not accounted for, how many more unknowns are not known.... hehe

Another YouTube video
This one from Dr Tim Ball on the consensus.
https://youtu.be/SQFCKICwFEQ
laugh Yes, quickly everyone, head over to YouTube to hear what the Creationist has to say on the subject.
Oreskeism: the practice of stifling scientific debate by poisoning the well and ad hominem attacks,
I have to give credit where credit is due, you really are good at this. hehe

LoonyTunes

3,362 posts

75 months

Saturday 15th December 2018
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PRTVR said:
gadgetmac said:
PRTVR said:
kerplunk said:
Interesting use of the word 'observe' there. Are you just trying to make it sound more authentic than mere 'claim' or are you basing it on something tangible?

It seems to me most sceptics think climate sensitivity is low based on a disbelief in climate model projections but that's just argument from incredulity isn't it.
The disbelief with climate models is based on real world observations,
did the pause/ hiatus with temperature take place ?
If it did, did the climate models predict it? If not we have a large variable that is not accounted for, how many more unknowns are not known.... hehe

Another YouTube video
This one from Dr Tim Ball on the consensus.
https://youtu.be/SQFCKICwFEQ
laugh Yes, quickly everyone, head over to YouTube to hear what the Creationist has to say on the subject.
Oreskeism: the practice of stifling scientific debate by poisoning the well and ad hominem attacks,
I have to give credit where credit is due, you really are good at this. hehe
Why not pick somebody untainted to make your point instead. I know that's difficult when you have such a small pool to choose from. wink

PRTVR

7,092 posts

221 months

Saturday 15th December 2018
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LoonyTunes said:
PRTVR said:
gadgetmac said:
PRTVR said:
kerplunk said:
Interesting use of the word 'observe' there. Are you just trying to make it sound more authentic than mere 'claim' or are you basing it on something tangible?

It seems to me most sceptics think climate sensitivity is low based on a disbelief in climate model projections but that's just argument from incredulity isn't it.
The disbelief with climate models is based on real world observations,
did the pause/ hiatus with temperature take place ?
If it did, did the climate models predict it? If not we have a large variable that is not accounted for, how many more unknowns are not known.... hehe

Another YouTube video
This one from Dr Tim Ball on the consensus.
https://youtu.be/SQFCKICwFEQ
laugh Yes, quickly everyone, head over to YouTube to hear what the Creationist has to say on the subject.
Oreskeism: the practice of stifling scientific debate by poisoning the well and ad hominem attacks,
I have to give credit where credit is due, you really are good at this. hehe
Why not pick somebody untainted to make your point instead. I know that's difficult when you have such a small pool to choose from. wink
Why not just comment on what he has to say ?

LoonyTunes

3,362 posts

75 months

Saturday 15th December 2018
quotequote all
PRTVR said:
LoonyTunes said:
PRTVR said:
gadgetmac said:
PRTVR said:
kerplunk said:
Interesting use of the word 'observe' there. Are you just trying to make it sound more authentic than mere 'claim' or are you basing it on something tangible?

It seems to me most sceptics think climate sensitivity is low based on a disbelief in climate model projections but that's just argument from incredulity isn't it.
The disbelief with climate models is based on real world observations,
did the pause/ hiatus with temperature take place ?
If it did, did the climate models predict it? If not we have a large variable that is not accounted for, how many more unknowns are not known.... hehe

Another YouTube video
This one from Dr Tim Ball on the consensus.
https://youtu.be/SQFCKICwFEQ
laugh Yes, quickly everyone, head over to YouTube to hear what the Creationist has to say on the subject.
Oreskeism: the practice of stifling scientific debate by poisoning the well and ad hominem attacks,
I have to give credit where credit is due, you really are good at this. hehe
Why not pick somebody untainted to make your point instead. I know that's difficult when you have such a small pool to choose from. wink
Why not just comment on what he has to say ?
Because by believing that man walked with dinosaurs and the bible is the literal truth of creation he puts himself outside of the plethora of scientists I'm prepared to spend 5 minutes of my life listening to.

But you carry on taking your climate opinions from the bloke who thinks Adam and Eve were the actual first humans.

gadgetmac

14,984 posts

108 months

Saturday 15th December 2018
quotequote all
LoonyTunes said:
PRTVR said:
LoonyTunes said:
PRTVR said:
gadgetmac said:
PRTVR said:
kerplunk said:
Interesting use of the word 'observe' there. Are you just trying to make it sound more authentic than mere 'claim' or are you basing it on something tangible?

It seems to me most sceptics think climate sensitivity is low based on a disbelief in climate model projections but that's just argument from incredulity isn't it.
The disbelief with climate models is based on real world observations,
did the pause/ hiatus with temperature take place ?
If it did, did the climate models predict it? If not we have a large variable that is not accounted for, how many more unknowns are not known.... hehe

Another YouTube video
This one from Dr Tim Ball on the consensus.
https://youtu.be/SQFCKICwFEQ
laugh Yes, quickly everyone, head over to YouTube to hear what the Creationist has to say on the subject.
Oreskeism: the practice of stifling scientific debate by poisoning the well and ad hominem attacks,
I have to give credit where credit is due, you really are good at this. hehe
Why not pick somebody untainted to make your point instead. I know that's difficult when you have such a small pool to choose from. wink
Why not just comment on what he has to say ?
Because by believing that man walked with dinosaurs and the bible is the literal truth of creation he puts himself outside of the plethora of scientists I'm prepared to spend 5 minutes of my life listening to.

But you carry on taking your climate opinions from the bloke who thinks Adam and Eve were the actual first humans.
This x100

But its interesting PRTVR didn’t come back with a better source, he’d rather insist you listen to Dr Bell.

PRTVR

7,092 posts

221 months

Saturday 15th December 2018
quotequote all
gadgetmac said:
LoonyTunes said:
PRTVR said:
LoonyTunes said:
PRTVR said:
gadgetmac said:
PRTVR said:
kerplunk said:
Interesting use of the word 'observe' there. Are you just trying to make it sound more authentic than mere 'claim' or are you basing it on something tangible?

It seems to me most sceptics think climate sensitivity is low based on a disbelief in climate model projections but that's just argument from incredulity isn't it.
The disbelief with climate models is based on real world observations,
did the pause/ hiatus with temperature take place ?
If it did, did the climate models predict it? If not we have a large variable that is not accounted for, how many more unknowns are not known.... hehe

Another YouTube video
This one from Dr Tim Ball on the consensus.
https://youtu.be/SQFCKICwFEQ
laugh Yes, quickly everyone, head over to YouTube to hear what the Creationist has to say on the subject.
Oreskeism: the practice of stifling scientific debate by poisoning the well and ad hominem attacks,
I have to give credit where credit is due, you really are good at this. hehe
Why not pick somebody untainted to make your point instead. I know that's difficult when you have such a small pool to choose from. wink
Why not just comment on what he has to say ?
Because by believing that man walked with dinosaurs and the bible is the literal truth of creation he puts himself outside of the plethora of scientists I'm prepared to spend 5 minutes of my life listening to.

But you carry on taking your climate opinions from the bloke who thinks Adam and Eve were the actual first humans.
This x100

But its interesting PRTVR didn’t come back with a better source, he’d rather insist you listen to Dr Bell.
Are opinions and views only valid if you are an atheist? How far back does your threshold stretch back?
Religion and climate change
https://www.interfaithpowerandlight.org/religious-...

jet_noise

5,644 posts

182 months

Saturday 15th December 2018
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kerplunk said:
PRTVR said:
kerplunk said:
Interesting use of the word 'observe' there. Are you just trying to make it sound more authentic than mere 'claim' or are you basing it on something tangible?

It seems to me most sceptics think climate sensitivity is low based on a disbelief in climate model projections but that's just argument from incredulity isn't it.
The disbelief with climate models is based on real world observations,
did the pause/ hiatus with temperature take place ?
If it did, did the climate models predict it? If not we have a large variable that is not accounted for, how many more unknowns are not known.... hehe
There are many variables that the models can't predict (solar activity, volcanoes, ENSO etc) - the question is do they get the long term climate sensitivity to CO2 right? I don't think the putative pause is much of a guide to that.

If the global warming trend of the last 50 years continues we'll blow by the IPCC lower bound in just a few more decades, and that's just the 'transient' climate sensitivity, not ECS. so the question remains - how do sceptics 'observe' that ECS is at the low end of the IPCC range and maybe even lower?




Edited by kerplunk on Saturday 15th December 16:00


Edited by kerplunk on Saturday 15th December 16:01
Here's a snapshot of some low ECS papers:

The article in which it appears is here.
I am sure you could find a similar set of papers with higher values.

Whatever you're position on the alarmist-sceptic axis it surely appears that the science is about as settled on ECS as one's stomach after a night of real ale & vindaloo smile

kerplunk

7,064 posts

206 months

Sunday 16th December 2018
quotequote all
jet_noise said:
kerplunk said:
PRTVR said:
kerplunk said:
Interesting use of the word 'observe' there. Are you just trying to make it sound more authentic than mere 'claim' or are you basing it on something tangible?

It seems to me most sceptics think climate sensitivity is low based on a disbelief in climate model projections but that's just argument from incredulity isn't it.
The disbelief with climate models is based on real world observations,
did the pause/ hiatus with temperature take place ?
If it did, did the climate models predict it? If not we have a large variable that is not accounted for, how many more unknowns are not known.... hehe
There are many variables that the models can't predict (solar activity, volcanoes, ENSO etc) - the question is do they get the long term climate sensitivity to CO2 right? I don't think the putative pause is much of a guide to that.

If the global warming trend of the last 50 years continues we'll blow by the IPCC lower bound in just a few more decades, and that's just the 'transient' climate sensitivity, not ECS. so the question remains - how do sceptics 'observe' that ECS is at the low end of the IPCC range and maybe even lower?




Edited by kerplunk on Saturday 15th December 16:00


Edited by kerplunk on Saturday 15th December 16:01
Here's a snapshot of some low ECS papers:

The article in which it appears is here.
I am sure you could find a similar set of papers with higher values.

Whatever you're position on the alarmist-sceptic axis it surely appears that the science is about as settled on ECS as one's stomach after a night of real ale & vindaloo smile
I never said it was settled - I simply asked how you were sure it was low, but perhaps you aren't so sure after all as you admit there's an element of selectivity involved. That was a reasonable reply though, thanks.

LongQ

13,864 posts

233 months

Sunday 16th December 2018
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PRTVR said:
gadgetmac said:
LoonyTunes said:
PRTVR said:
LoonyTunes said:
PRTVR said:
gadgetmac said:
PRTVR said:
kerplunk said:
Interesting use of the word 'observe' there. Are you just trying to make it sound more authentic than mere 'claim' or are you basing it on something tangible?

It seems to me most sceptics think climate sensitivity is low based on a disbelief in climate model projections but that's just argument from incredulity isn't it.
The disbelief with climate models is based on real world observations,
did the pause/ hiatus with temperature take place ?
If it did, did the climate models predict it? If not we have a large variable that is not accounted for, how many more unknowns are not known.... hehe

Another YouTube video
This one from Dr Tim Ball on the consensus.
https://youtu.be/SQFCKICwFEQ
laugh Yes, quickly everyone, head over to YouTube to hear what the Creationist has to say on the subject.
Oreskeism: the practice of stifling scientific debate by poisoning the well and ad hominem attacks,
I have to give credit where credit is due, you really are good at this. hehe
Why not pick somebody untainted to make your point instead. I know that's difficult when you have such a small pool to choose from. wink
Why not just comment on what he has to say ?
Because by believing that man walked with dinosaurs and the bible is the literal truth of creation he puts himself outside of the plethora of scientists I'm prepared to spend 5 minutes of my life listening to.

But you carry on taking your climate opinions from the bloke who thinks Adam and Eve were the actual first humans.
This x100

But its interesting PRTVR didn’t come back with a better source, he’d rather insist you listen to Dr Bell.
Are opinions and views only valid if you are an atheist? How far back does your threshold stretch back?
Religion and climate change
https://www.interfaithpowerandlight.org/religious-...
Not at all. The Pope seems to be a strong believer in AGW as well as the existence of a God. (Or maybe even Gods in some unified way across different interpretations by different belief systems.)

As do senior CofE clergy.

If one wished to be obtuse that level of belief in a God would, alone, mean that their opinions were to be ignored as completely invalid no matter what their basis. Is it safe to think that the source of their opinion is God fearing scientists acting as advisors?

Or are the clergy playing politics?

gadgetmac

14,984 posts

108 months

Sunday 16th December 2018
quotequote all
LongQ said:
PRTVR said:
gadgetmac said:
LoonyTunes said:
PRTVR said:
LoonyTunes said:
PRTVR said:
gadgetmac said:
PRTVR said:
kerplunk said:
Interesting use of the word 'observe' there. Are you just trying to make it sound more authentic than mere 'claim' or are you basing it on something tangible?

It seems to me most sceptics think climate sensitivity is low based on a disbelief in climate model projections but that's just argument from incredulity isn't it.
The disbelief with climate models is based on real world observations,
did the pause/ hiatus with temperature take place ?
If it did, did the climate models predict it? If not we have a large variable that is not accounted for, how many more unknowns are not known.... hehe

Another YouTube video
This one from Dr Tim Ball on the consensus.
https://youtu.be/SQFCKICwFEQ
laugh Yes, quickly everyone, head over to YouTube to hear what the Creationist has to say on the subject.
Oreskeism: the practice of stifling scientific debate by poisoning the well and ad hominem attacks,
I have to give credit where credit is due, you really are good at this. hehe
Why not pick somebody untainted to make your point instead. I know that's difficult when you have such a small pool to choose from. wink
Why not just comment on what he has to say ?
Because by believing that man walked with dinosaurs and the bible is the literal truth of creation he puts himself outside of the plethora of scientists I'm prepared to spend 5 minutes of my life listening to.

But you carry on taking your climate opinions from the bloke who thinks Adam and Eve were the actual first humans.
This x100

But its interesting PRTVR didn’t come back with a better source, he’d rather insist you listen to Dr Bell.
Are opinions and views only valid if you are an atheist? How far back does your threshold stretch back?
Religion and climate change
https://www.interfaithpowerandlight.org/religious-...
Not at all. The Pope seems to be a strong believer in AGW as well as the existence of a God. (Or maybe even Gods in some unified way across different interpretations by different belief systems.)

As do senior CofE clergy.

If one wished to be obtuse that level of belief in a God would, alone, mean that their opinions were to be ignored as completely invalid no matter what their basis. Is it safe to think that the source of their opinion is God fearing scientists acting as advisors?

Or are the clergy playing politics?
You make my point, thanks. Nobody listens to what the clergy says even when its to agree on Climate Change and you’ll find no believers using them as a source or quoting them. We like our sources to come minus wacky beliefs and big oil cash in their back pockets.

However, deniers have to continue to source and quote from all of the various wackos and energy company mercenaries as you have very little choice.

JustALooseScrew

1,154 posts

67 months

Sunday 16th December 2018
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PRTVR said:
Another YouTube video
This one from Dr Tim Ball on the consensus.
https://youtu.be/SQFCKICwFEQ
A good listen, thanks.

Jesus $600,000 in legal fees defending his position against Dr. Weaver and who ever else.

Some Judge said:
Link
Essentially, the judge in this latest case found Tim Ball’s entire article outlining his case against climate science to be as transparently unserious as an intentional parody, which may not exactly be the victory Ball hoped for.
I quite like that, the Judge only had one option which was to let Ball off, there was no offence, and this was the only way he [the Judge] could do this.

Dr. Ball has it absolutely spot on, if there is consensus there is no science, if there is science there can be no consensus.

I struggle to comprehend why people cannot fathom this, but I can understand how they fathom this. It's because very few people are scientifically literate, and those that aren't scientifically educated have little interest in how real science works.



LongQ

13,864 posts

233 months

Sunday 16th December 2018
quotequote all
gadgetmac said:
LongQ said:
PRTVR said:
gadgetmac said:
LoonyTunes said:
PRTVR said:
LoonyTunes said:
PRTVR said:
gadgetmac said:
PRTVR said:
kerplunk said:
Interesting use of the word 'observe' there. Are you just trying to make it sound more authentic than mere 'claim' or are you basing it on something tangible?

It seems to me most sceptics think climate sensitivity is low based on a disbelief in climate model projections but that's just argument from incredulity isn't it.
The disbelief with climate models is based on real world observations,
did the pause/ hiatus with temperature take place ?
If it did, did the climate models predict it? If not we have a large variable that is not accounted for, how many more unknowns are not known.... hehe

Another YouTube video
This one from Dr Tim Ball on the consensus.
https://youtu.be/SQFCKICwFEQ
laugh Yes, quickly everyone, head over to YouTube to hear what the Creationist has to say on the subject.
Oreskeism: the practice of stifling scientific debate by poisoning the well and ad hominem attacks,
I have to give credit where credit is due, you really are good at this. hehe
Why not pick somebody untainted to make your point instead. I know that's difficult when you have such a small pool to choose from. wink
Why not just comment on what he has to say ?
Because by believing that man walked with dinosaurs and the bible is the literal truth of creation he puts himself outside of the plethora of scientists I'm prepared to spend 5 minutes of my life listening to.

But you carry on taking your climate opinions from the bloke who thinks Adam and Eve were the actual first humans.
This x100

But its interesting PRTVR didn’t come back with a better source, he’d rather insist you listen to Dr Bell.
Are opinions and views only valid if you are an atheist? How far back does your threshold stretch back?
Religion and climate change
https://www.interfaithpowerandlight.org/religious-...
Not at all. The Pope seems to be a strong believer in AGW as well as the existence of a God. (Or maybe even Gods in some unified way across different interpretations by different belief systems.)

As do senior CofE clergy.

If one wished to be obtuse that level of belief in a God would, alone, mean that their opinions were to be ignored as completely invalid no matter what their basis. Is it safe to think that the source of their opinion is God fearing scientists acting as advisors?

Or are the clergy playing politics?
You make my point, thanks. Nobody listens to what the clergy says even when its to agree on Climate Change and you’ll find no believers using them as a source or quoting them. We like our sources to come minus wacky beliefs and big oil cash in their back pockets.

However, deniers have to continue to source and quote from all of the various wackos and energy company mercenaries as you have very little choice.
Whether you like it or not, millions of people around the world are likely much more susceptible to what the Pope and his management team says than they are to listen to or even have any knowledge of the existence of scientists. Indeed even if they do acknowledge science in some of the more aware countries, if those scientists are not fully committed members of their church they may still be though of as heretics.

I am not making your point at all, no matter how much spin you try to apply. And you know it - but you cannot possibly admit it. It would weaken your faith.


Edited by LongQ on Sunday 16th December 17:28

Gandahar

9,600 posts

128 months

Sunday 16th December 2018
quotequote all
LongQ said:
gadgetmac said:
LongQ said:
PRTVR said:
gadgetmac said:
LoonyTunes said:
PRTVR said:
LoonyTunes said:
PRTVR said:
gadgetmac said:
PRTVR said:
kerplunk said:
Interesting use of the word 'observe' there. Are you just trying to make it sound more authentic than mere 'claim' or are you basing it on something tangible?

It seems to me most sceptics think climate sensitivity is low based on a disbelief in climate model projections but that's just argument from incredulity isn't it.
The disbelief with climate models is based on real world observations,
did the pause/ hiatus with temperature take place ?
If it did, did the climate models predict it? If not we have a large variable that is not accounted for, how many more unknowns are not known.... hehe

Another YouTube video
This one from Dr Tim Ball on the consensus.
https://youtu.be/SQFCKICwFEQ
laugh Yes, quickly everyone, head over to YouTube to hear what the Creationist has to say on the subject.
Oreskeism: the practice of stifling scientific debate by poisoning the well and ad hominem attacks,
I have to give credit where credit is due, you really are good at this. hehe
Why not pick somebody untainted to make your point instead. I know that's difficult when you have such a small pool to choose from. wink
Why not just comment on what he has to say ?
Because by believing that man walked with dinosaurs and the bible is the literal truth of creation he puts himself outside of the plethora of scientists I'm prepared to spend 5 minutes of my life listening to.

But you carry on taking your climate opinions from the bloke who thinks Adam and Eve were the actual first humans.
This x100

But its interesting PRTVR didn’t come back with a better source, he’d rather insist you listen to Dr Bell.
Are opinions and views only valid if you are an atheist? How far back does your threshold stretch back?
Religion and climate change
https://www.interfaithpowerandlight.org/religious-...
Not at all. The Pope seems to be a strong believer in AGW as well as the existence of a God. (Or maybe even Gods in some unified way across different interpretations by different belief systems.)

As do senior CofE clergy.

If one wished to be obtuse that level of belief in a God would, alone, mean that their opinions were to be ignored as completely invalid no matter what their basis. Is it safe to think that the source of their opinion is God fearing scientists acting as advisors?

Or are the clergy playing politics?
You make my point, thanks. Nobody listens to what the clergy says even when its to agree on Climate Change and you’ll find no believers using them as a source or quoting them. We like our sources to come minus wacky beliefs and big oil cash in their back pockets.

However, deniers have to continue to source and quote from all of the various wackos and energy company mercenaries as you have very little choice.
Whether you like it or not, millions of people around the world are likely much more susceptible to what the Pope and his management team says than they are to listen to or even have any knowledge of the existence of scientists. Indeed even if they do acknowledge science in some of the more aware countries, if those scientists are not fully committed members of their church they may still be though of as heretics.

I am not making your point at all, no matter how much spin you try to apply. And you know it - but you cannot possibly admit it. It would weaken your faith.


Edited by LongQ on Sunday 16th December 17:28
I just went over my recursive parenthesis event horizon with that bad boy.....

: an icon that has not invented yet and may well not do before planet 9 or X or something will be found:



gadgetmac

14,984 posts

108 months

Sunday 16th December 2018
quotequote all
LongQ said:
gadgetmac said:
LongQ said:
PRTVR said:
gadgetmac said:
LoonyTunes said:
PRTVR said:
LoonyTunes said:
PRTVR said:
gadgetmac said:
PRTVR said:
kerplunk said:
Interesting use of the word 'observe' there. Are you just trying to make it sound more authentic than mere 'claim' or are you basing it on something tangible?

It seems to me most sceptics think climate sensitivity is low based on a disbelief in climate model projections but that's just argument from incredulity isn't it.
The disbelief with climate models is based on real world observations,
did the pause/ hiatus with temperature take place ?
If it did, did the climate models predict it? If not we have a large variable that is not accounted for, how many more unknowns are not known.... hehe

Another YouTube video
This one from Dr Tim Ball on the consensus.
https://youtu.be/SQFCKICwFEQ
laugh Yes, quickly everyone, head over to YouTube to hear what the Creationist has to say on the subject.
Oreskeism: the practice of stifling scientific debate by poisoning the well and ad hominem attacks,
I have to give credit where credit is due, you really are good at this. hehe
Why not pick somebody untainted to make your point instead. I know that's difficult when you have such a small pool to choose from. wink
Why not just comment on what he has to say ?
Because by believing that man walked with dinosaurs and the bible is the literal truth of creation he puts himself outside of the plethora of scientists I'm prepared to spend 5 minutes of my life listening to.

But you carry on taking your climate opinions from the bloke who thinks Adam and Eve were the actual first humans.
This x100

But its interesting PRTVR didn’t come back with a better source, he’d rather insist you listen to Dr Bell.
Are opinions and views only valid if you are an atheist? How far back does your threshold stretch back?
Religion and climate change
https://www.interfaithpowerandlight.org/religious-...
Not at all. The Pope seems to be a strong believer in AGW as well as the existence of a God. (Or maybe even Gods in some unified way across different interpretations by different belief systems.)

As do senior CofE clergy.

If one wished to be obtuse that level of belief in a God would, alone, mean that their opinions were to be ignored as completely invalid no matter what their basis. Is it safe to think that the source of their opinion is God fearing scientists acting as advisors?

Or are the clergy playing politics?
You make my point, thanks. Nobody listens to what the clergy says even when its to agree on Climate Change and you’ll find no believers using them as a source or quoting them. We like our sources to come minus wacky beliefs and big oil cash in their back pockets.

However, deniers have to continue to source and quote from all of the various wackos and energy company mercenaries as you have very little choice.
Whether you like it or not, millions of people around the world are likely much more susceptible to what the Pope and his management team says than they are to listen to or even have any knowledge of the existence of scientists. Indeed even if they do acknowledge science in some of the more aware countries, if those scientists are not fully committed members of their church they may still be though of as heretics.

I am not making your point at all, no matter how much spin you try to apply. And you know it - but you cannot possibly admit it. It would weaken your faith.
Complete and utter poppycock. Show me some proof that thre are millions around the world who are taking their cues for Climate Change from the Church and not primarily from Scientists and Scientific Institutions.

It’s actually the opposite as its deniers quoting Noah’s Ark believing Creationists on this thread.

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Did someone mention the church on here.

And not even the comfy cushion?

Meanwhile, the bellweather of cimate change, global sea ice coverage is still really low



Why has the Arctic been really low on extent since 1995 and Antarctic since 2014?