Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Parallel universe
Good illustration of the parallel universes of fact and belief.
This is a screenshot of today's "Green blog" feature in the Spokane newspaper.
Note that the greenies are talking contemptuously about those awful American Neanderthals who can't be persuaded of the Absolute Holy Imperative Immediate Urgent Necessity Of Destroying The Western World To Save The Planet.
Meanwhile, they embedded a "climate widget" that disproves their whole point if you simply look at it with a moderately informed eye. The CO2 curve on the widget is going up linearly, while the temperature (1979 to present) has been flat since 1998. No correlation. And the sun is still perfectly spotless, which tells you why the temperature is flat, if you care to look it up. The funny part: if you click through the "climate widget", you'll find that it's based on Watts Up With That, one of the leading anti-Warming websites, and it leads you to plenty of valid info. I doubt that the Spokane greenies thought about this; they are so literally blinded by their Holy Axioms that they can't see facts at all. ¶ 3:48 PM
This is a screenshot of today's "Green blog" feature in the Spokane newspaper.
Note that the greenies are talking contemptuously about those awful American Neanderthals who can't be persuaded of the Absolute Holy Imperative Immediate Urgent Necessity Of Destroying The Western World To Save The Planet.
Meanwhile, they embedded a "climate widget" that disproves their whole point if you simply look at it with a moderately informed eye. The CO2 curve on the widget is going up linearly, while the temperature (1979 to present) has been flat since 1998. No correlation. And the sun is still perfectly spotless, which tells you why the temperature is flat, if you care to look it up. The funny part: if you click through the "climate widget", you'll find that it's based on Watts Up With That, one of the leading anti-Warming websites, and it leads you to plenty of valid info. I doubt that the Spokane greenies thought about this; they are so literally blinded by their Holy Axioms that they can't see facts at all. ¶ 3:48 PM
