What'sUpWithThatWatts, et al.

This is both my personal learning project and my contribution in the struggle to confront the ongoing Republican/ libertarian assault on rational science and constructive learning, as manifested in their malicious strategic Attacks on Science ~ A collection of articles, scientific resources, plus my own essays and indepth critique of various presentations from unidirectional-skeptics ~ Hopefully a resource for the busy, yet discerning, student who's concerned about the health of our Earth

Saturday, August 24, 2013

Mr. Anthony Watts, how can you ignore evidence like this?

While Anthony Watts loves calling folks he dislikes trolls, I suggest that Mr. Watts has all the hallmarks of a "science troll"

Consider, his career has been built on attacking pretty near every climate science study and report that comes out with the single minded intention of misrepresenting, denying and out-yelling the substance of such studies. He champions the likes of Lord Monckton (some more) and Alex Mörner (some more).

Anthony, turns a deft ear to expert comments that correct his misrepresentations and rants on as though there wasn't anything out there other than his voice.

For example continuing to deny the dangers from rising sea levels, while ignoring clear evidence such as that presented by Professor Mitrovica:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdfTUdU9x-k

In Search of Lost Time:

Ancient Eclipses, Roman Fish Tanks and
the Enigma of Global Sea Level Rise

Professor Jerry X. Mitrovica, Ph.D.
Uploaded on Aug 17, 2010 | DistinctiveVoicesBS

Also see http://citizenschallenge.blogspot.com/2013/05/prof-mitrovicas-enigma-of-global-sea.html

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Outright rejecting and ridiculing the recent updated American Geophysical Society statement that emphasizes the human role in climate change (based on the extreme outlier scientist, one Pielke Sr. Rather than trying to understand the substance of the AGU statement.

But that's in line with his rejection of every other learned statement of concern. About those knowledgeable declarations, please see:

http://citizenschallenge.blogspot.com/2013/01/what-consensus-on-anthropogenic-global.html

http://citizenschallenge.blogspot.com/2013/01/on-scientific-consensus-by-david-barash.html

http://citizenschallenge.blogspot.com/2013/07/consensus-part-2-empirical-evidence.html

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Pretending that climate models provide the only ("Models all the way down…"), or main, evidence scientists base their global warming knowledge on. Something that any objective observer knows is dead wrong. Here's a nice summation:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ6Z04VJDco

27 -- The evidence for climate change WITHOUT computer models or the IPCC

potholer54 | May 9, 2013 | 16:00

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Expecting Earth Sciences to produce "proofs" and setting expectations of impossible "engineering" standards and worse misrepresentation of serious Earth Sciences. The contrived conflict between evidence vs. proof.

See: Anthony Watts, about those AGW-critical "credible theories" and "best explanations"?

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Attacking and sniping at SkepticalScience.com in disregard for their clean presentation of the science.

An objective viewing of SkepticalScience.com's website makes clear that SkS sticks to explaining scientific findings and global warming related papers/studies as they become available. As with all human enterprises, they aren't perfect but they are doing pretty dang good.

Anthony claims SkS has a bias... but then ignores that a bias towards going with the evidence is a good thing to do in a pragmatic world, if you want to succeed.

See: Now I know why climate science 'skeptics' hate SkepticalScience.com (+ climategate)

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In closing I have collected links to many excellent video presentations and lectures that describe the state of climate science and all that scientists do know. Unfortunately for those who refuse to look at this sort of serious information, they will always believe folks like Mr. Watts and their Siren Song of "No worries, Full Speed Ahead"

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INDEX for my Climate Science Video Collection

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Also this collection from Greenfyre

The collected videos of Peter Sinclair’s excellent series

“Climate Denial Crock of the Week” :

http://greenfyre.wordpress.com/climate-denial-crock-of-the-week/

3 comments:

Wotts Up With That Blog said...: Like you I'm amazed that any honest person can be ignoring the evidence that exists today. It's not absolutely settled, but it is incredibly strong. I don't really have a good sense of why this is happening. It does feel that one is simply that it goes against people's political views (government regulation) and I can't really believe that the fossil fuel industry is simply sitting back and not influencing the debate.

It is possible that some are genuinely honest but just don't understand the evidence sufficiently well and really do think that the mismatch between GCMs and observations in the last decade is significant. If so, they're still stupid for not listening to the scientists telling them that they're wrong.; August 25, 2013 at 12:28 AM
Unknown said...: Willard A Watt's is projecting on an IMAX scale when he calls others trolls.In the facts based version of reality, Anthony Watts is King of the climate trolls.
If you want to be banned from Watt's anti-science blog, all you have to do is make a comment that mentions Lord Monckton's running away from the Peter Hadfield's debate.
Watt's even lies to his reader about the debate by claiming that Hadfield and Monckton came to an amicable agreement about cancelling the debate. Nothing could be further from the truth.; August 25, 2013 at 8:54 AM
citizenschallenge said...: Good point Reginald, for more background on Peter Hadfield's various examinations into Monckton's outlandish claims see: WUWT champions and cheers Monckton's lies, fortunately Peter Hadfield gives an excellent response; October 18, 2014 at 5:48 AM

RECOMMENDED WEBSITES

{edited 12/11/2014}

I know there are too many typos, what can I say, eyes aren't what they were, I get rushed, and always did have a thing with transposing…{well, I also hated high school "english" classes... bad call that one.}. Doing the best I can with what I got. Embarrassing though it is, it's better than doing nothing. Besides, it's the issues and reasoning that we should be worrying about.

Though I'm in my own little world here, I'm also constantly learning and evolving and do get occasional feedback and when I reread stuff and find errors or omissions or garbage, I fix it. If it's major I'll acknowledge it with an 'edited' note, minor stuff I don't bother.

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I hardly keep track of Anthony's latest antics (besides, with Sou on the job why bother - can't beat her insights). It's just me over here and I have more important things to do with my precious hours - still now that Anthony's luster has been wearing thin he's put his energy into discovering and honing new fresh faces to carry on the public show of the Republican/Libertarian strategic attack on science.

He seems to have transitioned into a ring-leader, perhaps mentor/coach would be better, producer? At least that's how Mr. Steele and his antics of the past year has gotten me to think about it. So in that regard this blog remains about WUWT's brand of thinking and logic and my struggle to understand the anatomy of the fraud they've perpetrated against mankind. {December 2014}

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ok, now some recommended websites:

This blog was started in April 2013 and is written by an actual scientist so it has a refreshingly serious objective air to it, plus he does a good clear job of explaining complex issues.

And Then There's Physics.
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Sou has some of the best {readability and detailed} examinations of Watt's antics I've seen - and she does have fun with certain characters.

She continues be the best at keeping up with Mr. Watts' and pals and their many deceptions.

The recent dirty tricks and attacks she is enduring are acknowledgment of how good she is at it.

http://blog.hotwhopper.com

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Ben has been documenting Anthony's misdeeds longer than the rest of us.

http://wottsupwiththat.com

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Tamino, an acknowledged statistical/mathematical expert of the highest order, at Open Mind also does an excellent job of holding Anthony’s feet to the fire with clearly explained facts and math. Check it out:
http://tamino.wordpress.com
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And of course, there is the excellent, most up to date internet depository of climate studies and information for the non-expert public.

http://SkepticalScience.com

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Then there's RealClimate.org the scientist's commentary site. Run by working climate scientists intended to help the interested public and journalists sort through the complexities of the climatology. They provide "quick response to developing stories and provide the context" that is too often missing from public media's depiction. {But, you better be serious and have some real science education/understanding under your belt if you want to keep up.}

http://realclimate.org

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I remember back in da day, good websites/blogs were few and far between. But over the past years that's been changing to the point that it's impossible to keep up with them all. Here's an incomplete, and long overdue addition to my above list: