basurihn

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by basurihn 8y ago
RCP 8.5 is, even according to the IPCC, highly highly unlikely. One could say the evidence for that scenario is... not overwhelming, or even whelming. Evidence for "just what" is overwhelming... you find out the "just what&q
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by basurihn 8y ago
I deny creation science. I am a denier.
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by basurihn 8y ago
I deride it based on bad journalism AND bad science. Not all climate science is bad, of course. The kind that takes an RCP of 8.5 with zero chance of happening and uses it as an input to policy recommendations is bad science. Attributing cu
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by basurihn 8y ago
Except the followup inflammatory comments, of course.
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by basurihn 8y ago
I used to evaluate scientific contracts for the federal government. I was lied to on a monthly basis. Scientific fraud is not a thing of the past. It's not even rare. Karl Popper is turning over in his grave.
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by basurihn 8y ago
You compost it.
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by basurihn 8y ago
There's been an odious trend "coaching" as an actual job title lately - promoting cooperation and positive environments as if the acts of just listening and inclusivity can make even incompetent technology teams better. It ca
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by basurihn 8y ago
After reading this thread, I think I've discovered the real reason new physics isn't being done.
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by basurihn 8y ago
Most of them don't have the education to know the definition of a false equivalence. That you can seriously entertain Republicans would remove black freedoms if not for Black Lives Matter just turned this thread into one where you can
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by basurihn 8y ago
I come from a very right-leaning area. I was quite surprised to find that everyone I knew supported the daily killing and torture of Jews... because that is what Nazis do, right? I was also quite surprised to hear that my community wants t
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by basurihn 8y ago
Assuming that the "cure" refers to some form of blasphemy law, then it is actually apropos, although devoid of explanation, sure. I'm assuming you are liberal. Go read Popehat's views on blasphemy laws. He's liber
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by basurihn 8y ago
It certainly did connect less educated. This is a only part of the picture - the misinformation crisis also involves the miseducated. The quality of our collegiate has been much displaced by the rise of the true-believing college administr
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by basurihn 8y ago
I wouldn't expect this crowd to believe it even with a solid source.
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by basurihn 8y ago
It is most certainly not fine. Regardless of individual choices to share private data, the platform itself is a large step in the direction of something horrible.
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by basurihn 8y ago
My hat to you, sir. Sometimes, the best incentive for honesty is the punishment of dishonesty.
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by basurihn 8y ago
I wish you luck, amigo. If you get traction, the next two challenges will be to prevent people from gaming your rankings, and to prevent experts with undeserved cultural authority from monopolizing results in their area of expertise. How d
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by basurihn 9y ago
The teachers' unions are one of the highest donors to the Democratic Party. At the top support is almost purely financially motivated. By the time the support message reaches the Democratic rank-and-file, the message becomes more emo
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by basurihn 9y ago
Good old-fashioned demagoguery is alive and well in both major American parties, and many small ones. The present system depends on outrage. So much money is spent to cause it. I don't see this changing without major calamity. The De
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by basurihn 9y ago
I wonder if the Friday announcement will dampen reporting on this next week.
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by basurihn 9y ago
Its a shame, really, I actually agree with a lot you have to say.
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by basurihn 9y ago
Mormons are fair game too. LOL can you imagine if the South Park writers made a Broadway play mocking Muhammad? I can only imagine all of the openminded liberal attendees laughing at all of the mockery like they laugh at the mockery of the
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by basurihn 9y ago
Wow, all that insight from one post? I think I should be reading your memoir, instead. Clearly your insight even exceeds your subtle mastery of irony! Totally sorry if I was rude. I can help you with what those words above mean if you li
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by basurihn 9y ago
Hopefully someone smart enough to explain my point to the New York Times. Their journalists are a little... dense.
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by basurihn 9y ago
I am not sure what that means in this context. I will assume I have touched a nerve and you wish to rebut. Your rebuttal asserts that a black woman would enjoy my brothers' advantages, and vice-versa. Except the saying is advice to
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by basurihn 9y ago
Thanks for this insight. I think all of these things could easily permanently handicap anyone. And I have serious respect for those who manage to overcome these issues, if luckily.
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by basurihn 9y ago
Its an easy concept to grok, but I ain't buyin it, homes. Sure, you can be born poor, and that makes life hard. I've seen it, or more appropriately my dad did. And while he picked himself up by the bootstraps, thats increasingly
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by basurihn 9y ago
I know a lot of poor white dudes in West Virginia. Amazing how being white and male brought them luck and overrode all forms of class discrimination against them... Oh wait, no it didn't. Funny how I can dress in a hoodie, fake a pimp
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by basurihn 9y ago
Or perhaps another more honest source, who is upfront about the statistical uncertainties underlying all but the most basic climate science. Hell if you want a good scaremongering, there are some old Van Impe videos around somewhere.
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by basurihn 9y ago
Or the MWP, which ended about 700 years ago. Which also coincides with an Indian Warming Period.
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by basurihn 9y ago
The data points become invalid. You can't just adjust them to become valid, then you are no longer measuring. You are telling the data what to be. There is no math that can do this, which is WHY apolitical physicists/engineers&#

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