tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post7866008198973209693..comments2024-03-25T05:30:23.847+11:00Comments on HotWhopper: Matt Ridley spins Lysenko conspiracy theories and more in a classic denial of scienceSouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-28062989545279287792015-07-22T08:33:07.597+10:002015-07-22T08:33:07.597+10:00And it was such a rubbish article! And it was such a rubbish article! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-65062633043269662022015-07-22T08:30:21.765+10:002015-07-22T08:30:21.765+10:00Deleted because it didn't comply with the comm...Deleted because it didn't comply with the <a href="http://blog.hotwhopper.com/p/comment-policy.html#policy" rel="nofollow">comment policy</a>.Souhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-50265438560722983172015-07-22T08:09:39.343+10:002015-07-22T08:09:39.343+10:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Jim Steelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02652430670493741009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-87162053212153906592015-06-23T13:57:04.374+10:002015-06-23T13:57:04.374+10:00So much for your judgment, Russell.So much for your judgment, Russell.jqbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07510836914645398165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-47548738700881890322015-06-23T13:56:06.309+10:002015-06-23T13:56:06.309+10:00"runs a greater risk of being thought a consp..."runs a greater risk of being thought a conspiracy theorist than Matt"<br /><br />Only the risk of being thought that by morons.jqbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07510836914645398165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-28728230580356936412015-06-23T13:44:58.725+10:002015-06-23T13:44:58.725+10:00Everything you need to know about Jim Steele (and,...Everything you need to know about Jim Steele (and, by extension, Matt Ridley): http://whatsupwiththatwatts.blogspot.com/2014/04/jimsteel-distorting-science.htmljqbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07510836914645398165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-21196580803266762642015-06-23T13:42:17.068+10:002015-06-23T13:42:17.068+10:00This comment has been removed by the author.jqbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07510836914645398165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-37334010215644659572015-06-23T11:36:53.436+10:002015-06-23T11:36:53.436+10:00Bratisla, that paper will probably send chills thr...Bratisla, that paper will probably send chills through most ecologists. <br /><br />The apparent impact on reptilian diversity of the combination of fire with other climatic parameters is stark, and the more so for remembering that this occurred with a fainter sun. Further, reptiles are not as physiologically constrained by higher temperatures as are the evolutionarily-younger mammalian taxa, so the belly clenches even more when this is taken into account.<br /><br />It's a shame that figure 2 is such a warren of information that they couldn't squeeze in a direct time scale. I fear that some people will deliberately misrepresent/misinterpret the data to twist the message, although I won't put ideas into their heads by suggesting how they might do so.<br /><br />The Pangean distribution maps are a nice touch though - they tell a wonderful geological/biological evolutionary story in a succinct way.Bernard J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16299073166371273808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-76309101260251710722015-06-23T10:43:44.226+10:002015-06-23T10:43:44.226+10:00Sou lives rent-free in the heads of the Denialati ...Sou lives rent-free in the heads of the Denialati because she exposes their ideological nonsense for what it is. It would be too much to hope that they might ponder their antipathy and its ætiology and come to an awareness of their pseudoscience and the intellectual scotoma that hides it, but one never knows...<br /><br />In the mean time the bile of the Sou haters is a sign of the cognitive dissonance that their unsupportable beliefs engender - whilst they can't admit to themselves the logical fallaciousness of their invalid beliefs, they can certainly despise those who have the temerity to point out that those beliefs are indeed invalid.Bernard J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16299073166371273808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-74631454505366264972015-06-23T03:41:11.834+10:002015-06-23T03:41:11.834+10:00This sentence "It’s tosh that scientists alwa...This sentence "It’s tosh that scientists always try to disprove their own theories, as they sometimes claim, and nor should they." from the 5th paragraph shows that Ridley knows absolutely nothing about how science is done - his credentials as a science writer (as miniscule as they are) should be revoked.Mike Pollardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-13933784606103554242015-06-23T00:51:57.027+10:002015-06-23T00:51:57.027+10:00Meanwhile, in real science world ....
"Dinos...Meanwhile, in real science world ....<br /><br />"Dinosaurs lived when CO2 levels were much higher !!11!!!"<br />except that they avoided the unhabitable equatorial zone <br />http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2015/06/09/1505252112<br /><br />(hope you can access it, from my work I can access many paywalled publications - tell me if you can't)<br /><br />Deniers want to set us on fire - litterally<br />bratislanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-4105208108723316542015-06-22T19:46:46.867+10:002015-06-22T19:46:46.867+10:00The source of abuse often serves to elevate the ta...The source of abuse often serves to elevate the target.<br /><br />In the early 1980's I was in the (Apartheid) front line states of Zambia and Zimbabwe. <i>The Criminal Apartheid Regime's</i> foreign Minister <i>Pik Botha</i> called Australia's vehemently anti-apartied Prime Minister <b>Malcolm Fraser</b> <i>poison</i> for his leadership in the Gleneagles sanctions. (<i>I tell you, that man is poison</i>) <br />I met Fraser 10 years later and was able to pass on Botha's comments. He was thrilled. <br />I'm sure Sou receives the ugly comments in the same manner as Fraser.PGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10807913317731807617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-19816752644472493282015-06-22T19:03:06.890+10:002015-06-22T19:03:06.890+10:00Sou
On the UK weather forum I frequent you are now...Sou<br />On the UK weather forum I frequent you are now known as 'that hateful woman' by the denier fraternity. The ultimate accolade. Many thanks for your excellent work exposing the rubbish of Watts, Goddard, Ridley, et al.Knockernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-67925526275742690912015-06-22T16:43:53.779+10:002015-06-22T16:43:53.779+10:00Yep! We are surrounded by lunatics here in Oz, the...Yep! We are surrounded by lunatics here in Oz, the land that made satire redundant.<br /><br />But on a more cheerful note: <br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrxj2eQTIhc&feature=youtu.be" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrxj2eQTIhc&feature=youtu.be</a>billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-86815599870876141152015-06-22T14:00:41.307+10:002015-06-22T14:00:41.307+10:00Would it be possible to not call them "scepti...Would it be possible to not call them "sceptics" without explaining that they are not skeptical? Nothing could be further from real scepticism.Susan Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16935228911713362040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-83475782320125196382015-06-22T13:27:23.880+10:002015-06-22T13:27:23.880+10:00SOmetimes one has to weep for the state of Austral...SOmetimes one has to weep for the state of Australian politics:<br><br><a href="https://twitter.com/BenOquist/status/612747416991739904" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/BenOquist/status/612747416991739904</a>Bernard J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16299073166371273808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-88086052795065394242015-06-22T13:26:39.768+10:002015-06-22T13:26:39.768+10:00Evidence of Lar's assertion re Delingpole'...Evidence of Lar's assertion re Delingpole's empty headedness will haunt James for as long as You Tube has the file storage capacity. <br /><br />For those who have not viewed this pearler of an interview by <b>Nobel Laureate, Sir Paul Nurse</b> (BBC <i>Horizon</i>) get a quick insight into Delingpole's compulsive conduct and professional decency by going straight to 3:18<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuQLvK6kxeU#t=253PGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10807913317731807617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-7399772469560927982015-06-22T13:26:39.175+10:002015-06-22T13:26:39.175+10:00This comment has been removed by the author.Bernard J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16299073166371273808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-33821853703261481662015-06-22T12:59:54.335+10:002015-06-22T12:59:54.335+10:00MikeH all is made clear at about 32:30. Here
http...MikeH all is made clear at about 32:30. Here<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM<br /><br /><br />BertBert from Elthamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-77450990872375659992015-06-22T11:38:35.778+10:002015-06-22T11:38:35.778+10:00Since Ancel Keys is the villain in "The Big F...Since Ancel Keys is the villain in "The Big Fat Surprise", I presume he is the person responsible for the "terrible studies in the 1950s" that Ridley refers to. My understanding is that Keys specifically identified cholesterol and hence saturated fat as the villains.<br /><br />I am no expert on the subject but this seems to confirm that.<br /><br />"Starting in the 1940s pioneering American physiologist Ancel Keys helped establish the epidemiological link between cholesterol and cardiovascular disease. Once Keys and others clarified the role of dietary saturated fat in disease development, early intervention studies examined the effects of diet and drug therapy."<br />http://www.bcmj.org/article/ancel-keys-and-lipid-hypothesis-early-breakthroughs-current-management-dyslipidemia<br /><br />Current advice from the Heart Foundation still reflects that - don't avoid fat, avoid saturated and trans fats.<br /><br />http://www.heartfoundation.org.au/healthy-eating/fats/Pages/default.aspx<br />MikeHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-52694144356154699202015-06-22T05:57:00.142+10:002015-06-22T05:57:00.142+10:00Sorry for my ignorance, but on which merits the gu...Sorry for my ignorance, but on which merits the guy has been (has he?) characterized as a good science journalist? The "science" from that direction seems to be of the D-kind..0^0https://www.blogger.com/profile/09590270703159793784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-68963825855849181232015-06-22T02:45:03.287+10:002015-06-22T02:45:03.287+10:00Joshua, as indicated in the links in the article, ...Joshua, as indicated in the links in the article, Matt Ridley cites the popularist diet fad book The Big Fat Surprise, which has as it's blurb "<i>For the past 60 years, we have been told that the best possible diet involves cutting back on fat, especially saturated fat</i>." Here is a <a href="https://books.google.com.au/books/about/The_Big_Fat_Surprise.html?id=44jvAwAAQBAJ&hl=en" rel="nofollow">link to Google Books with the quote</a>. I deduced what Matt was arguing from looking up the book he got his ideas from. <br /><br />Hope that helps.Souhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-37255055394423735312015-06-22T00:09:35.822+10:002015-06-22T00:09:35.822+10:00This?:
==> "The theory that dietary fat c...This?:<br /><br />==> "The theory that dietary fat causes obesity and heart disease, based on a couple of terrible studies in the 1950s, became unchallenged orthodoxy and is only now fading slowly.<br /><br />I searched for "saturated" in his article and didn't get any hits.<br /><br />I'm having a hard time reconciling what he said with what you say that he said. <br /><br />Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08058404311263880189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-87664644886236995992015-06-21T14:00:27.433+10:002015-06-21T14:00:27.433+10:00The link is in the article above (as usual).The link is in the article above (as usual).Souhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-79102548480820159212015-06-21T13:44:49.404+10:002015-06-21T13:44:49.404+10:00This comment has been removed by the author.Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08058404311263880189noreply@blogger.com