tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post7718917038540028624..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Smashing a Warming MongerRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-57364856345730551062017-07-21T20:52:03.033-04:002017-07-21T20:52:03.033-04:00No disagreement. I just fished up a 2014 appearanc...No disagreement. I just fished up a 2014 appearance of his on Colbert where he used that statement; hard to listen to. But Wood’s response isn’t a criticizing of him for misusing the term science. To the contrary, they show Woods doesn’t understand what science is.<br />Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18259730262288807964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-62912345945665795692017-07-21T13:42:15.989-04:002017-07-21T13:42:15.989-04:00For the most part I agree, deGrasse Tyson is not t...For the most part I agree, deGrasse Tyson is not to blame. I used GR as an example because of the theories effect on his main field of work. <br /><br />On the other hand he must know there are significant holes in the theories that are the foundations of his field of expertise. Knowing this he has a good idea that there are similar issues in all scientific fields. So when he makes statements AlexZouglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09903419350475485505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-7314162809925814272017-07-21T12:13:19.024-04:002017-07-21T12:13:19.024-04:00Epistemological authoritarianism is just epistemol...Epistemological authoritarianism is just epistemological subjectivism wearing cap and gown.Donxonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16480364222848672992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-58641904849024029132017-07-21T11:42:35.338-04:002017-07-21T11:42:35.338-04:00Ever met a Democrat who could/would follow a simpl...Ever met a Democrat who could/would follow a simple explanation of praxeology or economic calculation? <br /><br />Ever met a Democrat who was aware that the IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - says that the impact of Global Warming will mostly positive until 2060?<br /><br />I love debating "science" with Democrats.Bob Roddishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263804608074597937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-48713072697177087132017-07-20T22:22:39.705-04:002017-07-20T22:22:39.705-04:00I have a bachelor's degree in astrophysics. We...I have a bachelor's degree in astrophysics. We studied quantum mechanics, so presumably a PhD would have as well. ;)<br /><br />I've never been impressed with Tyson. He has a personality that makes him well suited to public presentations, but that doesn't make him a great astrophysicist. Pandemichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315340208949970292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-30648080394941944162017-07-20T22:17:40.637-04:002017-07-20T22:17:40.637-04:00SR and GR have been too broadly held up as science...SR and GR have been too broadly held up as science in the US for over 50 years. He's not to blame for that.<br />Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18259730262288807964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-21901741811825415202017-07-20T18:05:12.815-04:002017-07-20T18:05:12.815-04:00You're science is the new religion observation...You're science is the new religion observation is also something I have noticed. In religion there is usually an omniscient being that created the universe. Many people in this crowd use science as their omniscient being which is markedly unscientific. I have also noticed that a single study that is poorly interpreted is often proposed as an incontrovertible fact, which shows poor Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07011856643664793898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-63003295218141849272017-07-20T16:05:32.225-04:002017-07-20T16:05:32.225-04:00I can get over deGrasse Tyson compacting his state...I can get over deGrasse Tyson compacting his statement in the attempt to make a nice quote but not his superiority complex when he knows that most of what he works with as true is based on unproven theories. The most fundamental of these (especially for an Astrophysicists) is General Relativity. AlexZouglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09903419350475485505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-21808403780430434862017-07-20T13:47:48.243-04:002017-07-20T13:47:48.243-04:00What refreshing humility. His stories about his ti...What refreshing humility. His stories about his time in Los Alamos, lock-picking, observing himself fall asleep, etc, etc, are great.Dwighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15603153065912441315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-4214067129116359232017-07-20T13:40:22.094-04:002017-07-20T13:40:22.094-04:00I don’t care for celebrity scientists; they’re rat...I don’t care for celebrity scientists; they’re rather a contradiction. But the statement: "The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it.", is true if by science one means experimentally reproducible claims, or forces of nature like gravity or Newton’s laws of motion. <br />Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18259730262288807964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-9899457053180320482017-07-20T13:20:46.914-04:002017-07-20T13:20:46.914-04:00My favorite quote from the "I believe in scie...My favorite quote from the "I believe in science crowd" is "you can have your own opinions, but you can't have your own facts." But real scientists know there are very, very few things that are qualified as "facts". Sometimes the "I believe in science crowd" confuses "facts" with "data". However, data -- even if it is precise -- has Pandemichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315340208949970292noreply@blogger.com