The Great Global Fawning

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The Great Global Fawning
All Hail the IPCC
Joanne Nova
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Climate change A guide for the perplexed

• Yes, there are still big uncertainties in some
  predictions, but these swing both ways. For
  example,

the response of clouds
could slow the warming
or speed it up.
26 Climate Myths
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Wheres the balance?
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Keyword Search
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Global Warming
Greenhouse Effect
Cosmic Ray Theory
Millions will be spent testing whether cosmic
rays can form cloud condensation nuclei,
even though some regard this as a waste of
money
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Cause and Effect
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Censored Science
When did New Scientist tell their readers about
The Lag?
1999
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2007
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Climate Myths Ice cores show CO2 increases lag
behind temperature rises, disproving the link to
global warming.
2007
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The Hockey Stick Graph
Steve McIntyre Ross McKitrick
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Its what they dont say
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A trial without a defence is a sham Business
without competition is a monopoly Science
without debate is propaganda
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The vested
LEHMAN BROTHERS
The vested interests
interests
interests
The vested interests
interests
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• Big-Oil spent 2 million
• Big-Government gives 2 billion
• Big Banks traded 120 billion
• Big Barak hoping for 645 billion
• 2300 lobbyists in 2008

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How do you assess the evidence?
Argument by Authority
Amateur vs Pro
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Argument by Authority
The instinct to herd
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Milgram Experiments

• 65 of people obey authority

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Cause and Effect
Ad Hominem
Denier
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Scientist doing research
Alarmist doing research
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We cant think of anything else so it must be
carbon
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Argumentum
ad
ingnorantium
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Nonsense Nonsence
Nonsense
Nonsense
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New Scientists subscribers are rebelling
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This is what we are aiming for?
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AGW
Science communicators break basic rules of
science and journalism
Why?
Conspiracy?
Dopamine buzz
Obedience
Status
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How big is my handicap?
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Fresh Blow for greenhouse sceptics
New Probe may silence climate sceptics
Climate change sceptics lose vital argument
Sceptics forced into climate climb-down
Nowhere to turn for climate change deniers
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A Journalist
A Scientist
Science Communicators have let us down

• No theory is sacred
• No authority above question
• Data trumps opinion

• Serve their subscribers
• Print news not opinion
• both sides

Use logic and reasoning