tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post3022955220143699032..comments2024-03-25T05:30:23.847+11:00Comments on HotWhopper: HotCopper Dumbest Post AwardSouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-48095560433571349852017-02-26T01:54:00.800+11:002017-02-26T01:54:00.800+11:00Sorry Doug - not here. Your comment has been promo...Sorry Doug - not here. Your comment has been <a href="http://www.hotwhopper.com/HotWhoppery16.php#dougcottonFeb17" rel="nofollow">promoted to the HotWhoppery</a> (with some minor modification). It didn't comply with <a href="http://blog.hotwhopper.com/p/comment-policy.html" rel="nofollow">the comment policy</a>.Souhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-48700187817207014272017-02-25T22:48:47.027+11:002017-02-25T22:48:47.027+11:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Doug Cottonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08564342660783793003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-31637364269837379882013-01-10T18:53:00.079+11:002013-01-10T18:53:00.079+11:00On the topic of cranks, I came across this term to...On the topic of cranks, I came across this term today - <a href="http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Crank_magnetism" rel="nofollow">crank magnetism</a>.<br /><br />Perfect description of many deniers, because most of them by default are conspiracy theorists, thinking AGW is a scam, cult etc. So they are inclined to accept opposing and contradictory notions especially but not solely relating to climate. (Eg it's warming, we're heading for an ice age, H2O is a bigger greenhouse gas, there's no such thing as a greenhouse gas.)<br /><br />(If crank magnetism is in play, a person will be attracted to off-the-planet ideas no matter how weird or how much it conflicts with other crank notions they support.)MobyThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15006309725007945038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-80694430985092534342013-01-09T16:39:29.099+11:002013-01-09T16:39:29.099+11:00Wow. That website of astrayalien is a bucket of cr...Wow. That website of astrayalien is a bucket of crazy. <br /><br />I did a year ago go to denier sites to ask if any denier would be willing to stand in front of a CO2 laser :) But this is a new set of crank that has popped up since then. I left an invite, lets see if it stays :)<br /><br />Douglas Cotton - now there's a name I see too often. The Conversation, what looked to be a great new addition to new media has fallen to crank balance, ie false balance between a factual position and crank position <br /><br />(Dara O'Briain always comes to mind here "There’s a kind of notion that everyone’s opinion is equally valid. My arse! A bloke who’s been a professor of dentistry for 40 years doesn’t have a debate with some idjit who removes his teeth with string and a door!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMvMb90hem8 )<br /><br />Anyway, TheConversation.edu entertains denier comments flooding any climate science or policy article as well as the occasional denier article. Which gives me the irrits. I know they publish crank on material I know about, what about topics I'm not so informed on? Is it authoritative, expert derived or is it cranky arseplucks - I have to assume the latter unless I can check with other resources and then that raises the question of why read the stuff to begin with. And good articles raising excellent questions have 1 or 2 good comments sunk in a sea of denier spam.<br /><br />DaveMcRaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00236295657025758519noreply@blogger.com