tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post4206367769704185454..comments2024-03-25T05:30:23.847+11:00Comments on HotWhopper: More AGU non-reporting from Anthony Watts: Judith Lean and err...William M Gray (not really!)Souhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-8290400452286296212013-12-16T00:57:38.221+11:002013-12-16T00:57:38.221+11:00“Basically, we need an operational system for clim...“Basically, we need an operational system for climate observations,” says Brian Hoskins, a climate modeller at the University of Reading, UK..."<br />Nature, 2005<br /><br />ftp://ftp.earthobservations.org/GEOSS%20Midterm%20Evaluation/Document%20Analysis/Popular%20Source%20Literature-%20news%20magazine%20and%20soft%20items/ID31.GlobalGreenLight-highlights.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-22787641518413681532013-12-15T11:31:52.018+11:002013-12-15T11:31:52.018+11:00I've just read and commented on that article, ...I've just read and commented on that article, Victor. The conference itself is cheap as, only $US415 for five days for member rates, which Anthony said he was eligible for. The accommodation would add some, but I see there are housing options as well as discount hotel rates and discount travel. Anthony must have stayed somewhere quite nice if he spent $2,000. <br /><br />He's taking people out to dinner with the change from his donations. If he took ten people somewhere decent that could cost at least half that - just for an evening meal.Souhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-24784339699340367772013-12-15T10:44:07.286+11:002013-12-15T10:44:07.286+11:00Watts is reporting on his AGU experience.
Sounds ...<a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/12/14/a-few-post-event-thoughts-about-the-agu-fall-meeting-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/" rel="nofollow">Watts</a> is reporting on his AGU experience.<br /><br />Sounds like he indeed had a tough time. Even just finding his way around. Prof tip: make your conference program in advance. <br /><br />His post contains little science. That also fits to the prediction. Let's see what he will still produce this week.<br /><br />Is SF really that expensive or did Watts book late into an expensive hotel? In my experience anything over a 1000 Euro is an expensive conference. AGU and EGU are indeed among the more expensive ones.Victor Venemahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02842816166712285801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-2945726862662253032013-12-12T06:29:50.200+11:002013-12-12T06:29:50.200+11:00I wondered if Anthony was hard of hearing when he ...I wondered if Anthony was hard of hearing when he made a throw-away comment after cancelling the upcoming debate with Potholer vs Monckton. He said in passing that Potholer's mumblings were difficult to understand. In reality, Potholer speaks very clearly and deliberately, and is quite easy to understand even if English is not your first language. I almost wrote to Anthony and respectfully asked him if he has had his hearing tested lately, and that if he hadn't, perhaps he would consider it because Potholer and mumble don't belong in the same sentence.<br /><br />I second Victor's comments above too. Anthony is way out of his depth here. If you don't have the background it is easy to get quite lost. Even when you do have the background it is still possible to get a bit lost. I suspect he didn't post anything because he doesn't understand it. <br /><br />Still, there is something a bit exhilarating about going in over your head because it is eye-opening when you realize comparatively how very very little you know, even in an area where you thought you had at least some background knowledge. It is up to Anthony to decide if he wants to use this as a springboard to learn more, or to take the easier route and double-down on his Dunning-Kruger persona.<br />-danAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-29524517293508081742013-12-12T03:04:43.971+11:002013-12-12T03:04:43.971+11:00AGU (and EGU for that matter) are large conference...AGU (and EGU for that matter) are large conferences and it is hard to find your way if you are not knowledgeable. And the talks are mostly very short and thus do not provide much background. Not the best place for Watts. At least he can experience how many people would be in his conspiracy against libertarian values and the babies of the poor. And AGU is just a small part of it.<br /><br />I thought that Watts at least was a media professional. But <a href="https://twitter.com/agu" rel="nofollow">@AGU</a> is a poor guy from Buenos Aires. The Americal Geophysical Society is <a href="https://twitter.com/theagu" rel="nofollow">@TheAGU</a> and the hashtags for the conference are #AGU2013 and #AGU13.Victor Venemahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02842816166712285801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-20057658465801454742013-12-11T19:32:01.966+11:002013-12-11T19:32:01.966+11:00I couldn't agree more, Bernard. With everythi...I couldn't agree more, Bernard. With everything you wrote.<br /><br />I see Dave McRae on another thread here noticed that Anthony <a href="http://blog.hotwhopper.com/2013/12/anthony-watts-goes-to-agu-fall-meeting.html?showComment=1386715808527#c7215027175096995281" rel="nofollow">is blaming everyone but himself</a> for his incompetence.Souhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-3188397800782238112013-12-11T18:12:33.337+11:002013-12-11T18:12:33.337+11:00To clarify, I doubt that a single denialist will c...To clarify, I doubt that a single denialist will change their minds <i>about the invalidity of Watts' pseudoscience</i> by way of consequence (of his poor performance at AGU13).<br /><br /><br />Bernard J.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-43269695343491378852013-12-11T18:10:06.717+11:002013-12-11T18:10:06.717+11:00Watts' efforts at AGU13 is one of the saddest ...Watts' efforts at AGU13 is one of the saddest "the dog ate my homework" efforts that I've ever seen. It simply demonstrates that he is completely out of his depth scientifically (as if anyone who isn't an ignorant climate science denier ever actually needed that evidence) and that he's no science reporter either.<br /><br />I suspect that he's relying on the idiocy of his regulars to bark at the dog-whistle of Lean's words unaccompanied by contextual explanation.<br /><br />The sadder thing though is that I doubt that a single denialist will change their minds by way of consequence. Perhaps somewhere a fence sitter will be swayed, but the Well of Human Stupidity is bottomless so I hold little hope in that regard either...<br /><br /><br />Bernard J.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com