tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post7860977154155196590..comments2023-11-03T05:34:26.880-05:00Comments on The Whited Sepulchre: Some More Settled Science UpdatesThe Whited Sepulchrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17657366124122012622noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-36097918073104682962011-12-11T09:53:23.882-06:002011-12-11T09:53:23.882-06:00I gave you an excellent chance to educate me: “I a...<i>I gave you an excellent chance to educate me: “I am puzzled as to how a gas that is essential to life (it is exhaled by all, and “ingested” by many) yet comprises such a small proportion of the atmosphere (figures vary, from 0.03% to 0.05%; the increase varies, too) have such a significant effect on the climate?”</i><br /><br /><br />Easy. You are puzzled because of the way you get your Cedric Katesbyhttp://www.randi.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-84533660359354332242011-12-11T08:47:18.753-06:002011-12-11T08:47:18.753-06:00I have come to the conclusion that it is the last ...I have come to the conclusion that it is the last of those three paragraphs that is your raison d’être.<br /><br />I gave you an excellent chance to educate me: “I am puzzled as to how a gas that is essential to life (it is exhaled by all, and “ingested” by many) yet comprises such a small proportion of the atmosphere (figures vary, from 0.03% to 0.05%; the increase varies, too) have such a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-52252105123416376462011-12-10T20:42:19.081-06:002011-12-10T20:42:19.081-06:00The post that is timestamped at December 10, 2011 ...The post that is timestamped at December 10, 2011 7:02 PM is an addendum only.<br /><br />The prior post should pop up soon.<br />Please wait.<br />These delays sometimes happen. There does not seem to be a reason for them.<br />Embedded links do not seem to make a difference nor the size of the post. One might get through smoothly yet another vanishes for days.<br /><br /><i>Or are you Cedric Katesbyhttp://www.randi.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-65538937524612895772011-12-10T19:22:15.457-06:002011-12-10T19:22:15.457-06:00Excuse me, Cedric, but what are you actually argui...Excuse me, Cedric, but what are you actually arguing about?<br /><br />Are you saying that global warming is real, and is man-made (as the CRU of the UEA are saying), or are you saying it is not? Are you with the "Consensus" or a "Denialist"?<br /><br />Or are you contributing to this blog just to shout down and ridicule other posters?<br /><br />RSPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-78187658938409991192011-12-10T19:02:21.653-06:002011-12-10T19:02:21.653-06:00*Read what I read as opposed to what you think I r...*Read what I read as opposed to what you think I read.*<br /><br />(Ah, typos.)<br /><br />That should be "Read what I wrote as opposed to what you think I wrote."<br /><br /><i>I say that I cannot find something, and you tell me prove that it is not there by showing me where it is that I am saying that it is not...</i><br /><br />Pure word salad. It makes no sense whatsoever.<br />Try Cedric Katesbyhttp://www.randi.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-82878316128672108842011-12-10T18:49:39.955-06:002011-12-10T18:49:39.955-06:00So, Cedric, you are now saying that this whole thi...<i>So, Cedric, you are now saying that this whole thing about man-made global warming is a myth – the world is actually getting colder.</i><br /><br />No I'm not.<br />Re-read my comments more carefully. I was very specific. Your reading comprehension level cannot be that woeful.<br /><br /><i>All very odd; your very first contribution to this blog decries a person...</i><br /><br />Nope, I Cedric Katesbyhttp://www.randi.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-42547580502312243582011-12-10T08:13:43.083-06:002011-12-10T08:13:43.083-06:00So, Cedric, you are now saying that this whole thi...So, Cedric, you are now saying that this whole thing about man-made global warming is a myth – the world is actually getting colder. Should we now be worried about another ice age?<br /><br />All very odd; your very first contribution to this blog decries a person who is saying something similar (i.e. that research into AGW is suspect, which makes the idea of AGW suspect) – Willis Eschenbach. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-56424948552715962142011-12-09T19:31:00.659-06:002011-12-09T19:31:00.659-06:00I am very tempted to reply, but it is like shootin...<i>I am very tempted to reply, but it is like shooting fish in a barrel - while it may be easy, it can get a bit boring.</i><br /><br />Oh go on.<br />Be a devil.<br />Pull that trigger. Shoot that big, fat fish in that tiny barrel.<br /><br />Where do you get this leftist fantasy that there is a scientific consensus that it's getting warmer?<br /><br />Pshaw, I say in proxy.<br />Pshaw.<br /Cedric Katesbyhttp://www.randi.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-89065822650036221922011-12-09T18:41:13.516-06:002011-12-09T18:41:13.516-06:00I am very tempted to reply, but it is like shootin...I am very tempted to reply, but it is like shooting fish in a barrel - while it may be easy, it can get a bit boring.<br /><br />RSPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-22498308250937069532011-12-09T17:26:46.920-06:002011-12-09T17:26:46.920-06:00...at the moment, the "consensus" is tha...<i>...at the moment, the "consensus" is that it is on the up...</i><br /><br />So you agree that there is a scientific consensus that it's getting warmer?<br /><br />Oops.<br /><br /><i>It is probable that the reason you perceive that it is getting colder...</i><br /><br />Moi?<br />Oh no.<br />Not me. Definitely not me.<br />Someone else.<br /><br /><i>...is that winter is Cedric Katesbyhttp://www.randi.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-52894348214572372362011-12-09T17:06:23.442-06:002011-12-09T17:06:23.442-06:00Like I said, Cedric, you have no idea what YOU are...Like I said, Cedric, you have no idea what YOU are talking about, let alone me or any of the others (or Willis Eschenbach).<br /><br />The debate was about climate change; over the millenia it has varied, having ups and downs - at the moment, the "consensus" is that it is on the up (oh, do look at the video blogs you sent me to!).<br /><br />It is probable that the reason you perceive Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-473784072089524942011-12-09T16:30:40.970-06:002011-12-09T16:30:40.970-06:00Farewell.
Tuck your tail between your legs and ru...<i>Farewell.</i><br /><br />Tuck your tail between your legs and run away if that's what you want to do.<br />Only spare me the handwaving babble.<br />If you want to go then go with a little dignity.<br /><br />(Even a liar like you should be able to manage that.)<br /><br /><i>Climate change is occurring. Yep, cannot argue with that.(...)It seems to be on the up.</i><br /><br />Oops.<br /><Cedric Katesbyhttp://www.randi.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-15474600528190709132011-12-09T11:39:57.818-06:002011-12-09T11:39:57.818-06:00Once more, Cedric, you prove my points:
a) you ha...Once more, Cedric, you prove my points:<br /><br />a) you have no idea what this blog is about;<br /><br />b) you have no idea what others have been talking about;<br /><br />c) you have no idea what I have been talking about;<br /><br />d) you have no idea what you are talking about;<br /><br />e) you do not fully read my replies, and;<br /><br />f) you do not look at the sites you send me to.<Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-23404784430605777482011-12-08T22:23:26.355-06:002011-12-08T22:23:26.355-06:00"And you found out about this shocking state ..."And you found out about this shocking state of affairs from…blogs and newspapers? Right?<br />Ah.”<br /><br /><i>Actually, I have read the released e-mails...</i><br /><br />A simple "Yes" will suffice.<br /><br /><i>It appears to me to be an organisation that collects data for others to interpret.</i><br /><br />So NASA just collects data?<br />It never interprets the data?<br />Cedric Katesbyhttp://www.randi.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-82108000595649850952011-12-08T14:32:54.106-06:002011-12-08T14:32:54.106-06:00(CONTINUED)
“…indeed, there is growing evidence th...(CONTINUED)<br />“…indeed, there is growing evidence that the "warmists" are resorting to (…)sabotaging the careers of those who disagree with them.<br /><br />And you found out about this shocking state of affairs from…blogs and newspapers? Right?<br />Ah.”<br /><br />Actually, I have read the released e-mails that have created such a stir. And interesting a few of them are, too (Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-69249716744938708172011-12-08T14:29:56.212-06:002011-12-08T14:29:56.212-06:00Excuse me, Cedric, but I was discussing this with ...Excuse me, Cedric, but I was discussing this with Tim. You are not contributing to this “blog”, are you? Surely not? (Please, stay with me, Tim, and the others…)<br /><br />Without wishing to prick your bubble, I have visited the sites you mentioned. (Though “RMET”? – the Ruskin Mill Education Trust doesn’t seem too interested in climate change; videos games and casino sites – after a few Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-60683165666048857062011-12-07T17:28:31.872-06:002011-12-07T17:28:31.872-06:00Unable to see that he is contributing comments to ...<i>Unable to see that he is contributing comments to this blog.</i><br /><br />That is just sad.<br />Grow up. If you have to stoop to such spin to justify your previous claims then you only embarrass yourself.<br /><br /><i>And quite happy to give the impression that not only has he not looked at the sites given, but has no intention of visiting them.</i><br /><br />By "sites" you Cedric Katesbyhttp://www.randi.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-729928452082266882011-12-07T07:06:35.871-06:002011-12-07T07:06:35.871-06:00Hello Tim,
He’s at it again - even in winnning, h...Hello Tim,<br /><br />He’s at it again - even in winnning, he cannot be silent:<br /><br />“I don't "contribute" to this blog.<br />I just comment on it.<br />Two very different things.”<br /><br />Unable to see that he is contributing comments to this blog. Unable to see the bullying, shouty phraseology of his contributions. And quite happy to give the impression that not only Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-59394344213448942672011-12-06T20:26:28.933-06:002011-12-06T20:26:28.933-06:00You shout at me for viewing blogs, but yourself co...<i>You shout at me for viewing blogs, but yourself contribute to a blog - this one.</i><br /><br />Not true.<br />I have not "shouted" at you.<br />I have clearly demonstrated that you rely upon blogs as your source of information on science.<br />Using blogs is a bad idea.<br /><br />I don't "contribute" to this blog.<br />I just comment on it.<br />Two very different Cedric Katesbyhttp://www.randi.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-44419541026507517392011-12-06T16:49:53.408-06:002011-12-06T16:49:53.408-06:00What Cedric is missing is the fact that, though I ...What Cedric is missing is the fact that, though I am inclined to the "critical" side (Oh, shock, horror! I am declaring myself a denialist! For some reason, this seems to lead down the road for me also denying evolution, HIV, the holocaust, the Moon landings, etc...), but my own natural scepticism is asking me if that is because that is what I WANT to hear from these many threads.<br Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-60340157944262984472011-12-06T15:43:57.297-06:002011-12-06T15:43:57.297-06:00You shout at me for viewing blogs, but yourself co...You shout at me for viewing blogs, but yourself contribute to a blog - this one. (Ah, but that's all right, as you are merely setting the minds of the sceptics right - perhaps it your defence of the "Cause".) Oh, and you dismiss any suspicion of the video blogs of YouTube as they are, presumably, so much better blogs (oh, come on, how can you expect us to listen to anyone who Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-64883183984398234262011-12-05T17:44:34.384-06:002011-12-05T17:44:34.384-06:00RSP - Just plain "Tim" is fine.
I'v...RSP - Just plain "Tim" is fine.<br /><br />I've been mightily resisting the urge to trot out this old chestnut, but in a moment of weakness...<br /><br />Never argue with a fool. He'll drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.CenTexTimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04026518638421849111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-87735107014399356722011-12-05T13:10:12.775-06:002011-12-05T13:10:12.775-06:00Some more sites and papers you might be interested...<i>Some more sites and papers you might be interested in (few, regrettably, can I find on-line):</i><br /><br />You specifically selected these from the vast body of peer-reviewed scientific literature...how?<br />What was your methodology? Spell it out.<br /><br /><i>A longer list at: http://www.co2science.org/data/mwp/mwpp.php</i><br /><br />Ah...Bingo. Another blog. Skip the middlemen. Don'Cedric Katesbyhttp://www.randi.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-37004840123999238842011-12-05T11:25:16.101-06:002011-12-05T11:25:16.101-06:00Another BTW: I had a look at the NASA site Cedric ...Another BTW: I had a look at the NASA site Cedric so helpfully gave. It took a long time to start – a long, long… erm, long time – and what I saw was very pretty: man in a space suit, propelled about by… flames? in space? With that sort of stuff coming from an organisation like NASA, you do have to get a bit suspicious.<br /><br />(And before you start, Cedric, I am aware of “poetic licence”, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-74506602488456152732011-12-05T10:14:04.361-06:002011-12-05T10:14:04.361-06:00BTW, I have checked out a few sites of various org...BTW, I have checked out a few sites of various organisations in the “scientific community”, to find that many do include Global Warming in their mission testimonies. My connection has not allowed me to go much further, but I could not help thinking, “Well, this is the organisation fishing for funds. Could it be that they have seen which way the wind blows and have set their sails accordingly?” Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com