tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post8675824158111309879..comments2024-03-25T05:30:23.847+11:00Comments on HotWhopper: On Seeps and SCAMS Part II: Pat'n Chip'n David Fake a Debate.Souhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-5720551073765560912015-05-15T02:35:56.439+10:002015-05-15T02:35:56.439+10:00Here's another good one worth highlighting… re...Here's another good one worth highlighting… repeating:<br /><br />"That builds on the denier meme that all governments everywhere around the world, no matter their political persuasion, and no matter where they are on the spectrum of democracy to totalitarian authority, want the world to get hotter. As if introducing mitigation policies will help get them elected. This is in complete contrast to another talking point of the denialati, which is that acting on climate change is too expensive and voters won't want want to pay for it. In other words that climate action is unpalatable."citizenschallengehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04559990934735912814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-21919176220688595222015-05-15T02:30:40.450+10:002015-05-15T02:30:40.450+10:00Well put Sou! It's really helpful to have lea...Well put Sou! It's really helpful to have learned voices enunciate ideas that the under-educated lay-person such as myself have thought about and suspected but lacked the tools to formulate into succinct words. Keep broadcasting those memes and demonstrating how a rational truth-seeking mind works.<br /><br />Case in point, my favorite (most helpful) paragraph of this post:<br /><br />"The reason I say it could have been an interesting topic is that research that is primarily funded by government is subject to the vagaries of government priorities. Not in the results, but in what areas research is undertaken.<br /><br />What I mean is that if a government of the day regards tackling obesity as a priority, then it is more likely to fund research into the causes of obesity and how best to reduce obesity. A research project on obesity would be more likely to be funded than one investigating something of lower priority (such as tinnitus). If a government regards climate change as being a priority, then it will make sure that research on climate will proceed. What it won't do is tell the scientists that they must come up with particular results. Or most governments won't do that. There have been instances in the USA where state governments have forbidden employees from talking about climate change. And there has been at least one instance of where a government has tried to get scientists to only investigate "natural", not human, causes of climate change."citizenschallengehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04559990934735912814noreply@blogger.com