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(via Climate Central .) I’m not sure yet what I think of Mark Kleiman’s post about how people always accept their side’s arguments on a position and assume a contrary argument means the arguer is on the other team. Â I’m no fan of centrism-worship, or of contrarianism-for-its-own-sake.
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Taken from: Overly Honest Methods Explains It All
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9/1/13 3:20 PM Anonymous said… Apologies for being a bit off-topic, but since the New Year is often a time for catching up with the goings-on among friends like ol’ Bish, perhaps it’s worth an update on a certain Peter Wood, with whom John Mashey and other readers are familiar, whose ignorant and defamatory anti-science essays appeared at the blog Innovations , formerly hosted by the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Originally posted here: Choices, Choices, Choices. . . .
It was Dr. Monnett in the Email, Leaking to Rick Steiner and PEER Recently, a Shell drilling vessel, the Kulluk, broke free from it’s towing lines in a storm and ran aground. Personnel on the platform had to be rescued by the Coast Guard and there is now a major effort to refloat the Kulluk and ensure there is no secondary damage from oil leaks and such. Neven (who else) has a good summary of the situation and can be relied on to update as sensible.
Eli Found Another Daniel Sarewitz Comment Whilst poking about the INTERTUBES, Eli came across the generator that Daniel Sarewitz uses to prepare his Nature columns. Now some, not Eli to be sure, might think this produces but a pale imitation of the real thing, but Eli knows Artificial Intelligence when he reads it.