Monthly Archives: November 2014

Caesar: the nature of intelligence

Posted on 11 November 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

I was watching the prelude to Planet of the Apes and admiring how chimps which as far as I could see had never seen a lock after being given the “intelligence virus”, could suddenly because they are now intelligent, could … Continue reading →

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The Human Reptile?

Posted on 11 November 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

A long time ago animals were divided into “mammals” and “reptiles” from Latin repere “to crawl, creep”. Reptiles were the cold blooded, scaly creatures who lurked in cold water laid eggs and were basically “not nice” like fluffy furry mammals. … Continue reading →

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Admission: Climate Scientists are Extremists and Alarmists

Posted on 11 November 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

There’s a trailer for another “Trust me I call myself a scientist” videos which is a completely doomed tactic of trying to persuade people that they do good science by taking the shortcut and making a PR movie, rather than … Continue reading →

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Open Thread – test

Posted on 10 November 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

Been doing some changes to the site and commenting. This is a test post to which you are welcome to add comments.

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Phases of a public scare

Posted on 10 November 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

1. Discovery Discovering of a believable threat. In 1910 scientists discovered that Halley’s Coment contained significant levels of cyanide. Or they “discover” that bird flu (like all flu) has caused deaths. The millennium bug is “discovered” as a story which … Continue reading →

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In defence of the alarmist right to free speech

Posted on 8 November 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic
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Nazi Science & Global Warming

Posted on 8 November 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic
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Ed Hoskins – a series of articles worth reading

Posted on 6 November 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

Ed Hoskins has been in touch and he has written a series of articles well worth reading. Articles The temperature context The significance of carbon dioxide CO2 The record of recent man made co2 emissions 1965-2013 The diminishing influence of … Continue reading →

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Bush & Blair lied about WMD so Lewandowsky lied about skeptics: the motivated lies & attacks intended to discredit honest people.

Posted on 6 November 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

Lewandowsky is notorious within Skeptic circles. Unlike others who naivety end up insulting skeptics, Lewandowsky’s attacks are different. Because unlike others who end up attacking skeptics through ignorance, Lewandowsky’s attacks appear to be directed or motivated in a calculated manner … Continue reading →

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Who will really win the American Election?

Posted on 5 November 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

  Climate Depot have a great quote from an article lamenting: One big loser in this election? Climate policy. You had billionaire Tom Steyer spending $57 million from his own pocket trying to convince voters to care about global warming. … Continue reading →

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