tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post8738493214978947729..comments2024-03-25T05:30:23.847+11:00Comments on HotWhopper: Conspiracy theorist Anthony Watts counting down to "sue the pants off" SkepticalScienceSouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-69559417646880128702014-09-09T01:38:53.575+10:002014-09-09T01:38:53.575+10:00It won't be long before most Wattians forget w...It won't be long before most Wattians forget what this really was and remember it as being the libellous assault Watts said it would be. A simple trick - instinctive, even - for rightwing authoritarian types.Cugelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-86983151803237155252014-09-09T01:07:46.758+10:002014-09-09T01:07:46.758+10:00Well it's even worse than I originally indicat...Well it's even worse than I originally indicated. As shown by my more recent articles about it:<br /><a href="http://www.realsceptic.com/2014/02/01/shouldnt-use-alexa/" rel="nofollow">http://www.realsceptic.com/2014/02/01/shouldnt-use-alexa/</a><br /><a href="http://www.realsceptic.com/2014/05/14/another-reason-use-alexa-statistics-easy-manipulate/" rel="nofollow">http://www.realsceptic.com/2014/05/14/another-reason-use-alexa-statistics-easy-manipulate/</a><br />Collin Maessenhttp://www.realsceptic.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-10983001504216053852014-09-08T11:17:07.567+10:002014-09-08T11:17:07.567+10:00Conspiracy theories are in the realm of the faithf...Conspiracy theories are in the realm of the faithful whose mythical almighty all knowing god/s is/are keeping an eye on them to see if they sin against all sorts of irrational rules according to their simplistic dogma.<br /><br />I prefer to think that a putative almighty being that is all knowing through all time and space does not give a stuff what some 'smart' monkey is doing on Earth. Even if it is just masturbating in public.<br /><br /><br />The projection of these fools own motivations on to others that they can barely understand to comprehend the state of play is another self evident delusion.<br /><br />Bert<br /><br /><br /><br />Bert from Elthamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-63911436371289784972014-09-08T01:14:13.446+10:002014-09-08T01:14:13.446+10:00You ARE correct, Rob. Well done!<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2014/sep/07/social-media-event-97-hours-of-climate-experts" rel="nofollow">You ARE correct</a>, Rob. Well done!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-70453131549834120452014-09-08T00:33:40.846+10:002014-09-08T00:33:40.846+10:00You may well be correct...it's definitely ONE ...You may well be correct...it's definitely ONE of those "creepy playtime Nazi cross dressers"...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-45807818504918755612014-09-07T23:46:06.694+10:002014-09-07T23:46:06.694+10:00Well, no, because it'll have taken forever to ...Well, no, because it'll have taken forever to create the actual piece, and there's no way to have created a 'substitute' since Saturday. <br /><br />We now know what the piece is and - surprise! surprise! - Watts turns out to have been as well informed and as capable of drawing rational conclusions as usual.<br /><br />If he or (more likely) any of his winged monkeys is reading - you look like a fool, Anthony, but that's hardly new.billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-77422745865585564092014-09-07T18:46:40.769+10:002014-09-07T18:46:40.769+10:00Besides that, Doug, it has already been shown the ...Besides that, Doug, it has already been shown the Alexa ranking is problematic:<br />http://www.realsceptic.com/2013/10/20/watts-alexa-statistics/<br />http://variable-variability.blogspot.dk/2013/08/anthony-watts-WUWT-web-traffic-success.htmlMarconoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-85272870700825692862014-09-07T16:49:35.381+10:002014-09-07T16:49:35.381+10:00WUWT gets a huge amount of traffic and ranks aroun...<i>WUWT gets a huge amount of traffic and ranks around 9800 in Alexa. SKS is a mere borderline phenomenon ranking in the 88,000 region.</i><br /><br />Toolbars are a kind of intelligence test, or at least a test of savvy. A 9800 Alexa ranking is about as flattering to WUWT as "bestseller" is to Barbara Cartland novels. dbostromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13885863615343906724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-37697594642611530422014-09-07T14:46:33.200+10:002014-09-07T14:46:33.200+10:00The thing is, when the gadget is shown to be somet...The thing is, when the gadget is shown to be something completely else than what the paranoid stricken brains at WUWT came up with, the paranoid can always claim that it was changed due to the fact that the paranoid knew. So the paranoid can keep in believing that they were right and as a perceived bonus they also thwarted the plans of their opponent.<br />Pretty much like the religious fanatics who believe that the end of the world is coming, again and again and... In a neverending cycle of self delusion.Poltsinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-54074830061193676342014-09-07T14:11:46.632+10:002014-09-07T14:11:46.632+10:00So, the number of figures is being *adjusted*, and...So, the number of figures is being *adjusted*, and always *upwards*, eh? Now, of course I'm not implying that anything fraudulent is going on, but, you know...<br />spilgardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-57829309405191037462014-09-07T13:27:50.287+10:002014-09-07T13:27:50.287+10:00To me they all look like silhouettes of The Simpso...To me they all look like silhouettes of The Simpsons characters.<br /><br />-Berbalang Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-20835928799966563682014-09-07T09:29:53.705+10:002014-09-07T09:29:53.705+10:00| Nik actually counted all the figures in the imag...| Nik actually counted all the figures in the image and said:<br />|<br />| September 6, 2014 at 12:02 am<br />| There are 99 figures there. I’ll bet they’re going to do something on the<br />| 99.99999% scientists believe in agw paper. <br /><br /><br />Please don't discourage an all-too-rare rare attempt at independent quantitative research. But Nik miscounted... there are 100 figures.Magmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-62585192835648270742014-09-07T08:36:02.372+10:002014-09-07T08:36:02.372+10:00"he'd"
:- ("he'd"<br /><br />:- (citizenschallengehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04559990934735912814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-42830000697057452512014-09-07T08:34:22.571+10:002014-09-07T08:34:22.571+10:00Keep it up Sou,
you, SkS, and friends are unnervi...Keep it up Sou, <br />you, SkS, and friends are unnerving the guy.<br />If only he's pay attention to Earth observations he'd really be unnerved,<br />alarmed even, <br />if only. . . toooo much conflicting information . . . <br />muust keep the Faith.<br /><br />His melt down will be interesting, when it comes . . .citizenschallengehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04559990934735912814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-49080064010595067162014-09-07T03:37:02.837+10:002014-09-07T03:37:02.837+10:00I don't think that's Tol. I'm betting ...I don't think that's Tol. I'm betting it's Jason Box.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18285902155946593625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-68083755837508888162014-09-07T01:27:57.733+10:002014-09-07T01:27:57.733+10:00That screenshot is a gimme - I'd recognize Tol...That screenshot is a gimme - I'd recognize Tol's silhouette anywhere!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-72172106126963104422014-09-06T23:11:01.262+10:002014-09-06T23:11:01.262+10:00George Montgomery has won a world cruise in a surp...George Montgomery has won a world cruise in a surprise lottery and has had to hurry away to catch the boat. He wishes me to inform you that he will be, like, utterly chilled and non-blogging for the foreseeable future, and any communications purporting to be from him are the work of an imposter resentful of his good fortune.Cugelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-3175796040104664382014-09-06T22:57:55.312+10:002014-09-06T22:57:55.312+10:00Oh please ... :)Oh please ... :)Cugelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-35009868567800433982014-09-06T22:43:15.576+10:002014-09-06T22:43:15.576+10:00The 99 blogsters who will be disappeared in accor...The 99 blogsters who will be disappeared in accordance with the Protocols of the Elders of Zion.<br /><br />The 99 descendants of Martin Bormann who have built a global empire known as The Underground Reich.<br /><br />The 99 signatories of the letter that forced Pope Benedict XVI to resign rather than face being exposed as a woman.<br /><br />The 99 radio meteorologists who had advanced warning of Hurricane Katrina but deliberately failed to warn anyone as part of a plan to bring about a matriarchal, socialist, utopian state.<br /><br />Will complete this later. Someone is knocking on the front door. Impatient sods! And at this hour of the night. It sounds like they're kicking it in. George Montgomeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07042191140401441348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-82538706067986202862014-09-06T20:44:07.980+10:002014-09-06T20:44:07.980+10:00This asteroid has been dubbed Pitbull with its clo...This asteroid has been dubbed Pitbull with its closest approach being over New Zealand:<br /><br /><a href="http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2014/09/04/watch-newfound-pitbull-asteroid-barnstorm-earth-on-saturday/" rel="nofollow">Newfound “Pitbull” Asteroid Will Zip By Earth on Sunday</a>.<br /><br />Lionel Ahttp://lionels.orpheusweb.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-26568067394348531222014-09-06T20:37:28.541+10:002014-09-06T20:37:28.541+10:00There is a large asteroid alert for 7th September ...There is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKfXCPgVwiU" rel="nofollow">a large asteroid alert for 7th September 2014 </a>, is this the countdown at SkS, or something else? Intriguing. Lionel Ahttp://lionels.orpheusweb.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-37354821865890848992014-09-06T20:22:55.263+10:002014-09-06T20:22:55.263+10:00Sou, I think you are underestimating reality. What...Sou, I think you are underestimating reality. Whatever loony conspiracy theory we can come up with, a true conspiracy theorist can do better (read: crazier). Really, even if you combine all four examples above you are not even close to what mindboggling things they can construct in their minds.Marconoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-40414246943680166792014-09-06T18:22:25.734+10:002014-09-06T18:22:25.734+10:00Okay - how about we see who can come up with the b...Okay - how about we see who can come up with the best paranoid conspiracy theory. I'm sure we can do better than the WUWT crowd :) For one thing, I don't think there as many prominent fake sceptics in the world as there are figures in the SkS image.<br /><br />Perhaps it's:<br /><br />A meeting of the prison guards at FEMA camps?<br /><br />The people in charge of HAARP who are manipulating the climate?<br /><br />The lawyers lined up to sue the pants off WUWT?<br /><br />A meeting of all the heads of state who are plotting AGENDA 22 :)<br /><br />Souhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-88192834826611455862014-09-06T18:06:56.905+10:002014-09-06T18:06:56.905+10:00Perhaps the SkS image is another ingenious experim...<i>Perhaps the SkS image is another ingenious experiment by Stephan Lewandowsky.</i><br /><br />Hmmm. ;-)dbostromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13885863615343906724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-33677539071395274262014-09-06T17:53:32.367+10:002014-09-06T17:53:32.367+10:00Wow, so now Watts is indignant about an image that...Wow, so now Watts is indignant about an image that cannot be deciphered. Is this evidence of psychosis? Perhaps the SkS image is another ingenious experiment by Stephan Lewandowsky.Millicentnoreply@blogger.com