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Bishop Hill
Bishop Hill More evidence of climate change
Dec 21, 2010 BBC Climate: Sceptics Hat tip to several readers who sent this list of questions and responses from last night's University Challenge programme.
1 Which New York City borough gives name to declaration that a scientific consensus on climate change does not exist? Queens. No, Manhattan.
2. Author of Cool It? Bjorn Lomborg, correct
3. Which former Conservative chancellor wrote An Appeal to Reason? Don't know.
Reader Comments (10)
Wow! 1 out of 3!
Now, was it not Donna who pointed out what Mann's qualifications were when he joined the IPCC?
Can I ask a question of the guys who deserve the hat tip? ....Go on! .....Only one! .....Please!
How many of the contestants were studying Sociology/Human Sciences?
Perhaps Jeremy has a hand in framing the questions. He is sceptical, as is a relative of his.
How many of the contestants were studying Sociology/Human Sciences?
None. Remarkably, most, if not all, of the eight contestants (six women and two men) were doing degrees either in "hard" sciences or languages. (Not that there's anything unscientific about e.g. experimental psychology but I'm not getting into that argument.)
Perhaps Jeremy has a hand in framing the questions.
The questions are written by an independent company - Paxman has nothing to do with the process.
What I found interesting was that the students could answer any of the three questions, bearing in mind that the Manhattan Declaration has been airbrushed out of the record and that even the older contestants were infants when Lawson was Chancellor.
Perhaps the name of the borough should be changed to Mannhattan in memory of someone or other.
PeteH: "Wow! 1 out of 3!
Now, was it not Donna who pointed out what Mann's qualifications were when he joined the IPCC?
Can I ask a question of the guys who deserve the hat tip? ....Go on! .....Only one! .....Please!
How many of the contestants were studying Sociology/Human Sciences?"
Pete, if you don't mind me saying your post is a little disjointed to a natural English speaker. One out of three is astonishingly successful given the blanket suppression of anything that goes against the faith.
None of the contestants were studying Sociology/Human Sciences, two were studying Physics.
If you could rephrase the sentence about Donna and Mann, and maybe put it some context I'd be very grateful.The Mem teaches EAL but she can't unravel it, even with her experience.
On Google, do a search for “The Manhattan Declaration on Climate Change”. The Manhattan conference of 2008 was organised by scientists who disagreed with the theory of AGW. At this conference, over 100 scientists from many disciplines including climatologist signed the declaration. Since then, many other scientists, again from many scientific fields including climatology and paleo-climatology signed up to the declaration as did many non scientists.
I was looking at this only the other day. It is still open for people to sign it. Lay person or scientist.
Peter
"What... Is your favorite colour?"
All this proves is that most normal educated people don't concern themselves with the minutiae of climate-denier conspiracy theories.
They don't clutter their minds with the rantings of anal-probe alien cultists, Atlantis-freaks and flat-earthers either.
They only difference between these and climate deniers is that deniers are given unlimited amounts of Big Carbon money to disseminate their nonsense.
Macsporan - you said "They only difference between these and climate deniers is that deniers are given unlimited amounts of Big Carbon money to disseminate their nonsense" UNQUOTE
I presume that by "deniers" you mean those who deny that the climate varies all the time without human interference?
If so, your post make sense.
Macsporon might want to consider that the money spent by Big Government on the likes of the Climategate crooks to dissseminate alarmist 'Consensus nonsense, is about 10000 times bigger than that spent by Big Carbon.