Monday, June 17, 2013

Not evidence of absence...argumentum ad ignorantiam


At WUWT Anthony Watts writes that it was reported on a science-denying blog that it was reported in a science denier's column that someone somewhere didn't happen to mention global warming in a speech therefore global warming has stopped, or some such nonsense.

Crikey, he is getting hard up for denialism topics, isn't he.
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4 comments:

  1. citizenschallengeJune 17, 2013 at 2:37 AM

    Sou, hope you don't mind me tossing this in here. But recently I was hit with 13 astoundingly misguided claims/questions by a chap over at Forbes' comments.

    Rather than swapping opinions I decided to share educational video responses to each of his points.

    If anyone wants a list of good videos to share with the easy learning crowd take a look:

    Sunday, June 16, 2013
    "The Forbes conversation continues - 13 points examined"

    http://whatsupwiththatwatts.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-forbes-conversation-continues-13.html

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  2. Wotts Up With That BlogJune 17, 2013 at 2:58 AM

    Yes, I noticed this post from WUWT. Ironic then that the very conference - I think - at which the speech which didn't mention global warming (or at least not sufficiently for Anthony Watts) was given, resulted in a statement that there is an urgent need for the National Government to act on climate change or leave New Zealand unprepared for the future. Strange that.

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  3. UnknownJune 17, 2013 at 6:22 AM

    The article that Willard linked has been pulled, the ex weather reader and college drop-out seems to strike out a lot lately.



    Anthony Watts says:
    June 16, 2013 at 12:16 pm
    For some reason the article has been removed.

    Could it have been removed because it was unadulterated bull crap?
    A google search for the conference listed several sites that gave a far different account than the one that Watts links.

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    1. SouJune 17, 2013 at 9:06 AM

      It was moved behind a paywall. The article is still there.

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