tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post3081057373818961644..comments2024-03-25T05:30:23.847+11:00Comments on HotWhopper: Anthony Watts can't tell the difference between international policy and climate scienceSouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-89840874140810595852013-10-13T13:31:49.596+11:002013-10-13T13:31:49.596+11:00I don't know, Scott. Deniers don't seem t...I don't know, Scott. Deniers don't seem to have changed much over the past five or six years. Before that time I didn't take any notice of them. They keep recycling old memes, jumping from one to the other and then back to older memes.<br /><br />I've got my own categories, modeled on cognitive science :)<br /><br />Some deniers are not unintelligent, so it's not always easy to tell if a particular person really doesn't understand what they are saying (suffering world view disorder), or if they do understand and are deliberately telling fibs to keep the meme going (a disinformer).<br /><br />(Some of them are just plain thick. They are fairly easy to pick after a couple of exchanges, tho to test it out you sometimes need to move onto another topic. World view disorder is not always easy to separate from "plain dumb".)Souhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-38026448671610154692013-10-13T10:46:36.635+11:002013-10-13T10:46:36.635+11:00I'm an "informed layperson", I suppo...I'm an "informed layperson", I suppose. My first degree was in science, but I've never held a "science" job.<br /><br />Question - over the last few years, it seems to me that climate change deniers have moved from what could charitably be called misunderstandings or poor interpretations or relying on poor sources to just about 100% blatant lying. There seems to be less room for waffling and less excuse for being uninformed every year.<br /><br />In a warped sense, I suppose this is a good thing. Credit goes to the IPCC, various other bodies and institutions/individuals, and some (but nothing close to all) of the media.<br /><br />Is this a reasonable overall comment?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-49610280181306977622013-10-13T10:01:50.585+11:002013-10-13T10:01:50.585+11:00I've yet to encounter a Denier that did have a...I've yet to encounter a Denier that did have any grasp - or have any active interest in forming a grasp - of the IPCC process. Basically, much like the EU, it's Comintern, and a tedious commitment to nit-picking detail might tarnish this brilliant truth.<br /><br />Oh, and the Raspberry Woman said it was all run by teenagers...billnoreply@blogger.com