tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post9130993401690842084..comments2024-03-25T05:30:23.847+11:00Comments on HotWhopper: Anthony Watts Stokes another crazy conspiracy theory at WUWTSouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-83002459858644423992014-03-07T16:58:03.316+11:002014-03-07T16:58:03.316+11:00Yes, very likely.
They also use a lot of "dog...Yes, very likely.<br />They also use a lot of "dog-whistle" terms where they all know that X is bad.John Masheynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-65265171513207701092014-03-06T16:03:31.078+11:002014-03-06T16:03:31.078+11:00Zzzzzz.....Zzzzzz.....Flakmeisternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-43850032578551972572014-03-05T15:55:59.004+11:002014-03-05T15:55:59.004+11:00John, It could be fascinating to run language sent...John, It could be fascinating to run language sentiment analysis software against WUWT comments, and also SKS and the other blogs. My hunch is you'd see far more scorn, derision and mockery on some of the contrarian sites, but it'd be interesting to see the stats. Also I bet the posts themselves would rate differently than the comments.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12083190014669867976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-47842922645164807072014-03-05T09:28:14.304+11:002014-03-05T09:28:14.304+11:00Eschenbachs comments survive moderation at WUWT si...Eschenbachs comments survive moderation at WUWT simply because the inmates are running the asylum - dismissives, pseudoskeptics, and climate science deniers. With <b>moderators</b> like dbstealy pumping out attacks and distortions, with <i>argumentum ad hominem</i> a primary conversational tactic, and led by Watts <i>(who thinks that because Stokes disagrees with him rather tenaciously, he must be paid for it)</i>, reasoned discussion is not to be expected. KRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-6988516401374196232014-03-05T08:44:20.693+11:002014-03-05T08:44:20.693+11:00I guess what Watts and Co. are really saying is go...I guess what Watts and Co. are really saying is go away: we don't want any contact with reality here. And Eschenbach comments are so vile anyone with a 3 digit IQ would have to wonder how they survived moderation. Seriously: my estimation of the average IQ of WUWTers just went down 10 points.Millicentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-21764981330281955362014-03-05T08:40:05.790+11:002014-03-05T08:40:05.790+11:00I've been analyzing the 1900 comments found in... I've been analyzing the 1900 comments found in the Salby affair last summer.<br />1) About 90% of dismissives (climate deniers) gullibly bought Salby's story, in a manner that should help Nigerian 419 lads to select their contacts.<br /><br />2) They were not only dismissive but mostly pseudoskeptics ridden by strong Morton's Demons. They eagerly grabbed any random idea that supported them, and most (not quite all) vehemently rejected facts they didn't like and argued with (mostly real skeptics like NicK) counseling caution or bring inconvenient facts like court cases, RateMyProfessor, and then the NSF debarment. The generated 100+ insults of various sorts, of which 23 were directed at Nick, making him the champ, followed by John Brookes with 18.<br /><br />Nick either has rhino hide, or like some, views insults as a badge of honor.<br /><br />For something similar, see <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/R6C1HW1BO90PH/ref=cm_cd_pg_pg11?ie=UTF8&asin=0521767180&cdForum=Fx2DQ5GCYHM4SG8&cdPage=11&cdThread=Tx2CGZWJSOZ2RBS&store=books#wasThisHelpful" rel="nofollow">long discussion @ Amazon</a>, in which R.G. Reynolds and Morgan Wright emulate Anthony and <a href="http://www.uea.ac.uk/computing/people/profile/g-cawley" rel="nofollow">Gavin Cawley</a> acts as does Nick. At one point, Morgan puts up his transcript for BA in biology from a (good) liberal arts school, and says he will argue with no one of lesser background.John Masheynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-28955411030753216222014-03-05T04:52:58.168+11:002014-03-05T04:52:58.168+11:00"helminths" ... had to look that one up...."helminths" ... had to look that one up...there's definitely a reactionary, almost knee-jerk, nature to almost all climate contrarianism Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12083190014669867976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-44753344880754924682014-03-05T04:09:59.422+11:002014-03-05T04:09:59.422+11:00McIntyre may well do proactive research, but if it...McIntyre may well do proactive research, but if it was honest work he wouldn't want to publish the results.Cugelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-24332847667901899212014-03-05T04:07:09.435+11:002014-03-05T04:07:09.435+11:00Perhaps Watts is clearing house before the El Nino...Perhaps Watts is clearing house before the El Nino comes? It's time for them to dig in deep, ready for the inevitable assault. Enemies within the walls are not welcome at such times.Cugelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-69816011326591655322014-03-05T03:08:27.834+11:002014-03-05T03:08:27.834+11:00Happens to me a handful times/annum and I love it ...Happens to me a handful times/annum and I love it every time :)<br />No so those who I get to trip over my little traps, but who wants symmetry in these things.cRR Kampenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07571285063752477448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-61831248680518202592014-03-05T02:15:02.785+11:002014-03-05T02:15:02.785+11:00CRR, you've been tripped up by Poe's law ;...CRR, you've been tripped up by Poe's law ;)<br /><br />Folks often have to read blog comments carefully so as to avoid confusing parodies with the rants of genuine kooks. And that's one positive about WUWT -- you can be nearly 100% confident that the posts there have been authored by genuine loonballs. caerbannoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03896552738444745753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-41226550068489179792014-03-05T01:17:47.763+11:002014-03-05T01:17:47.763+11:00Oi :)
Well done, Joshua... Particularly that last ...Oi :)<br />Well done, Joshua... Particularly that last sentence of yours got me :D<br />But climate revisionism got so rotten nowadays, what with Roy Spencer's crap of last!cRR Kampenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07571285063752477448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-38147648513446858362014-03-05T00:53:02.814+11:002014-03-05T00:53:02.814+11:00And there I thought I was playing Anthony's de...And there I thought I was playing Anthony's delusional reasoning down, Sou. :-)<br /><br />I'll take it as a compliment that cRR mistook that comment as one a "skeptic" might write.<br /><br />It's really hilarious that Anthony and company have such an inflated sense of their own importance.<br /><br />It's also quite funny how so many self-described "skeptics" agreed with Anthony's speculation about Nick getting paid for his blog comments - without even the slightest attempt at due skeptical scrutiny that would make the absurdity of the speculation obvious.<br /><br />They give skepticism a bad name. Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08058404311263880189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-27319198455150162482014-03-05T00:44:47.163+11:002014-03-05T00:44:47.163+11:00It was tongue in cheek, CRR. Taking Anthony'...It was <a href="http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/tongue-in-cheek_1" rel="nofollow">tongue in cheek</a>, CRR. Taking Anthony's conspiracy to the extreme :)Souhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-75996024395217431652014-03-05T00:40:04.635+11:002014-03-05T00:40:04.635+11:00Is this 'Joshua' troll one more name for t...Is this 'Joshua' troll one more name for the bradthing?<br /><br />Did he actually say Watts is in the 'ecoNazi cabal' as proved the fact Watts lets Stokes write on his blog? <br /><br />All climate revisionists are quite mentally impaired (yes, I have now exhausted all of them).cRR Kampenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07571285063752477448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-23603435158391630742014-03-04T23:33:09.357+11:002014-03-04T23:33:09.357+11:00Sou -
I am afraid that you're wrong on this o...Sou -<br /><br />I am afraid that you're wrong on this one. <br /><br />You see, what "skeptics" say in the posts and comments at "skeptical" blogs is just so important, that the ecoNazi cabal has to hire people like Nick to argue with them at their websites in a desperate attempt to try to prevent "skeptics" from writing the same paranoid fantasies over and over, day after day. <br /><br />You fail to realize that "skeptics" are so important "they" (meaning the cabal) will do anything to "distract" "skeptics" from their devastating work in uncovering and dismantling (as keyboard warriors) the global statist attempts to starve children (the poorer, the better).<br /><br />Clearly, being as open minded as they are, "skeptics" are vulnerable to counter-arguments made a blogs (think of all the times that you've seen them change their minds because of carefully crafted counter-arguments) - so the work of someone like Nick is potentially extremely valuable to the team of fraudsters getting billions from research grants, and so he gets remunerated quite handsomely for his efforts.<br /><br />Anthony's logic, and that of the other commenters that are reasonably sure he's getting paid, is impeccable as usual. It is truly amazing how they have sniffed out the "warmist" plot. No CAGW cultist could have been so smart to see through the ruse.<br /><br />If you weren't so gullible and blinded by your desire for dead children (the poorer the better), you'd realize that. <br /><br />Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08058404311263880189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-43183457092064981242014-03-04T21:37:41.529+11:002014-03-04T21:37:41.529+11:00Why didn't Steve use his mathematical skills a...Why didn't Steve use his mathematical skills and econometric models to predict the GFC? Why is he so reactive and not proactive when it comes to climate science? Does his auditor-like activities and lack of original climate science research qualify him as belonging to the helminths? George Montgomeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07042191140401441348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-46327449247363638002014-03-04T18:15:54.624+11:002014-03-04T18:15:54.624+11:00I guess this is another instance of "Ill doer...I guess this is another instance of "Ill doers are ill deemers". Wasn't Watts supposed to get 88K for setting up some website, until Gleick made it publicly known? Who knows how much he gets paid through donations, extra weather gadgets sold, and (in)direct payments from free market think tanks. Of course, this is considered normal in the US. <br /><br />Oh, and BTW, isn't Grand Auditor a more fitting term? As in Grand Inquisitor? :-PNevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15413215743703093876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-71155058300133472462014-03-04T17:36:43.791+11:002014-03-04T17:36:43.791+11:00Agree, Eli. Not that Steve would ever admit it. I...Agree, Eli. Not that Steve would ever admit it. It's when he's shown to be wrong that Steve shouts "fraud", "dishonest" etc. He's worse than, but not unlike the way Roger Pielke Jr behaves.<br /><br />Does he really think no-one notices?Souhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-91158138802491964302014-03-04T15:41:52.357+11:002014-03-04T15:41:52.357+11:00Shorter Watts : "Nick Stockes is nice, that m...Shorter Watts : "Nick Stockes is nice, that means he's up to something - he can't be nice without any hidden agenda !!! "<br />This is VERY telling about his world vision. <br />Poor Watts. <br /><br />bratislaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-81097123967273076872014-03-04T15:11:01.329+11:002014-03-04T15:11:01.329+11:00Well, frankly Eli thinks this is the result of Nic...Well, frankly Eli thinks this is the result of <a href="http://moyhu.blogspot.com/2014/03/mcintyre-mann-and-gaspe-cedars.html" rel="nofollow">Nick nailing</a> Steve McIntyre again, which appears to have. . . . EliRabetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-52852410588410404712014-03-04T13:00:24.432+11:002014-03-04T13:00:24.432+11:00I would hang another picture for Willis but quite ...I would hang another picture for Willis but quite frankly I think he'd enjoy the notoriety. Plus this is a gallery of.....what they are....I think he may qualify as something else. hehttp://wp.me/a2fD5I-cNAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com