Is it the whole generation of scientific experts that's blind to obvious facts there Freeman, or you?
Just goes to show that even really smart people aren't immune to being dead wrong from time to time.
Freeman Dyson climate heretic
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Re: Freeman Dyson climate heretic
I think that is worth remembering.sparks wrote:Is it the whole generation of scientific experts that's blind to obvious facts there Freeman, or you?
Just goes to show that even really smart people aren't immune to being dead wrong from time to time.
Is there anything he said in that article that you disagree with?
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Just the climate change denial shit.Rob Lister wrote:I think that is worth remembering.sparks wrote:Is it the whole generation of scientific experts that's blind to obvious facts there Freeman, or you?
Just goes to show that even really smart people aren't immune to being dead wrong from time to time.
Is there anything he said in that article that you disagree with?
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I didn't see where he denied there was a change in climate. What he said was that our approach to dealing with that change was utterly wrong-headed.sparks wrote:Just the climate change denial shit.Rob Lister wrote:I think that is worth remembering.sparks wrote:Is it the whole generation of scientific experts that's blind to obvious facts there Freeman, or you?
Just goes to show that even really smart people aren't immune to being dead wrong from time to time.
Is there anything he said in that article that you disagree with?
Care to point to a specific?
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Where he says increased CO2 in the atmosphere does more good than harm.
Can't buy it unless/until he or someone else elaborates on that.
Can't buy it unless/until he or someone else elaborates on that.
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Re: Freeman Dyson climate heretic
What evidence to the contrary. Have you done an accounting? Or do you just trust the accounting of those you say "are prone to be dead wrong" from time to time.sparks wrote:Where he says increased CO2 in the atmosphere does more good than harm.
Can't buy it unless/until he or someone else elaborates on that.
Which parts of what they say do you believe? All of it?
You're willing to disregard everything he says for one unsubstantiated statement. He has actually elucidated on that elsewhere, BTW.
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Good. Please show us all.
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Re: Freeman Dyson climate heretic
Is this about Deflategate? 
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Re: Freeman Dyson climate heretic
Freeman was actually right about almost every last thing, (no surprise there). The knee jerk reactions from "self proclaimed really smart people (who post online all the time)" about how wrong he was, that is just the priceless humor of the internet. A gift that keeps on giving.Rob Lister wrote: ↑Sat Oct 17, 2015 9:08 pmWhat evidence to the contrary. Have you done an accounting? Or do you just trust the accounting of those you say "are prone to be dead wrong" from time to time.sparks wrote:Where he says increased CO2 in the atmosphere does more good than harm.
Can't buy it unless/until he or someone else elaborates on that.
Which parts of what they say do you believe? All of it?
You're willing to disregard everything he says for one unsubstantiated statement. He has actually elucidated on that elsewhere, BTW.
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