tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post5711788962318427537..comments2024-03-25T05:30:23.847+11:00Comments on HotWhopper: For the record...Souhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-9995471251940393562013-12-01T08:32:30.030+11:002013-12-01T08:32:30.030+11:00Deniers rarely contradict each other. It is a big ...Deniers rarely contradict each other. It is a big tent that accomdates the whole gamut of conjecture that, when considered as a whole, makes no sense. In other words they have no overarching theory that describes all the observations. This is compounded by filtering acceptable data on the basis of these conjectures.Anthony Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02513872551156179165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-29756196206826904572013-12-01T02:24:47.038+11:002013-12-01T02:24:47.038+11:00It may be that Watts accepts CO2 is a greenhouse g...It may be that Watts accepts CO2 is a greenhouse gas because someone he trusts (Pielke?) told him so, not because he has any real understanding of the concept. This could lead to cognitive dissonance that may account for some of his inconsistencies.<br /><br />I don't have the stomach to wade through his past writings, but is there any evidence that Watts really understands how greenhouse gases work?<br />Don Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379725341973886243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-10891778214568797682013-12-01T00:39:59.028+11:002013-12-01T00:39:59.028+11:00Since there is nothing in Tim Ball's rambling ...Since there is nothing in Tim Ball's rambling article that makes any sense, and with Tim Ball <a href="http://blog.hotwhopper.com/2013/11/anthony-watts-pushes-more-crazy.html" rel="nofollow">constantly spouting crazy paranoid conspiracy theories</a> - that is the $64,000 question.<br /><br />Maybe he's just following instructions from on low :(Souhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-4301720383794114112013-12-01T00:18:04.597+11:002013-12-01T00:18:04.597+11:00If Watts doesn't agree with Ball about it, the...If Watts doesn't agree with Ball about it, then why give Ball a platform to make those claims on Watts' blog?Collin Maessenhttp://www.realsceptic.comnoreply@blogger.com