What'sUpWithThatWatts, et al.: Michael Crichton

Saturday, November 14, 2015

So, you wanna debate Michael Crichton's fraud?

I made some edits for clarity this morning, I can't deny this post is about Crichton - but the more important point is examining and understanding how serious science gets twisted and manipulated for fun and profit.

The obscene conflation of fiction and reality - it has terribly disconnected people from an awareness and "appreciation" for this planet we depend on for everything, and it's going to bite us. Those who intend to get through need to get to understand these tactics. (10:25am 11/15/15)
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A fella was offended that I dissed Michael Crichton in the comments section of a YouTube video of his 2008 appearance on the Charlie Rose show. Considering I still hear people using Crichton's science-fiction thriller State of Fear as though it were some serious guide which justifies distrusting and ignoring today's fact based climate science understanding, I find the once quite interesting writer turned himself into a sociopath and I'm not going to let Mr.X.'s criticism go unexamined. I'll back up my opinions with links to many more authoritative and informative articles that dissect and explain his intentionally malicious errors.

Mr.X. (11/14/15) writes

(1/4) +citizenschallenge, Michael Crichton was a vastly more intelligent man than you and I both could ever hope to be stranger. The man was far more than a "fiction writer". He was a doctor, anthropologist, biographer, and yes a talented writer and motion picture producer.

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Oh dear, I though climate science contrarian types loath appeals to authority? Aren't you forgetting this is about misrepresenting important climate science for political motives?

Mr.X., please why does Crichton's excellent background in etcetera - trump the education and acquired knowledge of professionals such as a Schneider, or Santer, or Mann, or for that matter, the collective consensus of a huge global community of experts who have dedicated their lives to studying various aspects of our global climate engine?

What part of Crichton's biography gives him dispensation to misrepresent and lie about the real climate science consensus?
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(2/4) Mr.X. continues: He used his "fiction" not only to entertain people but also to provoke a social commentary, and make the common man question things.

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{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:

AGW Observer

Arctic Sea Ice Blog

IPCC

Variable Variability

new to the list

LucidPolitics.com

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Saturday, November 14, 2015

So, you wanna debate Michael Crichton's fraud?