Comments on: Michael Crichton Dies Aged Just 66

By: Jennifer Marohasy » Michael Crichton: More from Art Raiche

Jennifer Marohasy » Michael Crichton: More from Art Raiche — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:44:43 +0000

[...] Crichton died earlier this month aged justed 66 years. Like me, Art Raiche is a fan of the author and climate sceptic and sent me [...]

By: James Mayeau

James Mayeau — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:55:08 +0000

‘Lo, there do I see my father.
‘Lo, there do I see my mother, and my sisters, and my brothers.
‘Lo, there do I see the line of my people back to the beginning.
‘Lo, they do call to me.
They bid me take my place among them in the halls of Valhalla,
where the brave may live forever.

- Norsemen’s prayer for the dead from The 13th Warrior by Michael Crichton.

Seems fitting.

By: Bickers

Bickers — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:30:48 +0000

Let’s keep it simple:

1. Does the World’s climate change – YES
2. Did the World warm for apprx 30 years upto 2000 – YES
3. Has World temperature flatlined/dropped since 2000 – YES
4. Is there any empirical evidence that CO2 has caused or greatly exacerbated past or the more recent warming – NO
5. Do we know what other factors can cause climate change – YES
6. Is CO2 beneficial to plant life and crops – YES
7. Other than the Sun what has the largest influence on our climate – The Oceans
8. Have the computer models accurately predicted climate change over the last 10 years – NO
9. Do we know enough about the climate – a chaotic, non linear system – to predict climate change with any accuracy – NO
10. Will there be another Ice Age – YES

By: amused

amused — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:00:37 +0000

Crichton was, in my opinion, a master of fiction.

He of all people knew the ingredients of a good fiction classic.

Global warming theory is like the big bang. The biggest problem we have: scientists not admitting to limited knowledge.

By: DHMO

DHMO — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 08:17:29 +0000

There you go even the ABC http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/netw/200811/programs/RN0711H039D9112008T222000.htm agrees with Michael Crichton. God is green, god is green I looked for Luke, SJT and NT in congregation.

By: Trinity

Trinity — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:05:48 +0000

“What is sad is that there is always someone prepared to cash in on a person’s suffering or death for a political advantage.”

Exactly. And that is what this blog is very, very good at, complete with obedient and stupid followers who throw stones and blame others when they get hurled back.

By: Bickers

Bickers — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:05:12 +0000

SJT: Many of the scientists and their contributions to the IPCC reports (not the summary for policy makers which is written by non scientists and has a political anti US/Western agenda) indicate that we can’t be certain about what causes climate change or that any predictions by computer models can be relied on. Many of the contributors pooint out that we don’t understand many of the mechanisms that drive climate and of those that we do know about we have a limited understanding of.

On that basis we should not be trying to comprehensively change in the way we live (and keep the poorest in the World downtrodden) based on what a computer model spits out – GIGO

By: Geoff Brown

Geoff Brown — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 06:03:47 +0000

A few months before we lost Michael Crichton, on 22/6 we also lost George Carlin.

George was a funny US comedian. In this 7 minute video (complete with every offending anglo-saxon word) he points out the stupidity of the MAN MADE global warmists.

http://www.jibjab.com/view/122257

By: SJT

SJT — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:57:08 +0000

AGW is not based on the scientific method i.e. observable, testable and quantifiable evidence – it’s based on a mantra, a faith. Sound very religious like to me.

Read the IPCC reports, you may disagree with the results, but the science is all there. Compare the IPCC reports to utter rubbish you get from individuals such as Miskloczi. Even he can’t explain what his paper means. If you read the landshape blog on the topic, it’s a sorry catalog of the most basic errors in science and maths you can make. Yet something that is so fundamentally flawed is given unquestioning creedence.

The IPCC reports are about one of the most complex pieces of science we have come up with yet. It is an unfortunate fact of life that most people, including myself, will not be able to understand all the details. It is not an act of faith to defer to experts in such a situation, it is an act of rational observance of reality. When I go to the doctor, i like to ask as much detail as I can about the reason for my illness and the reason for the treatment. It doesn’t take too much time before I realise I am out of my depth, and have to defer to the expert.

What is absurd is the sight of people deciding that Miskloczi is right and the IPCC wrong, when they quite clearly understand neither.

By: Bickers

Bickers — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 13:46:30 +0000

SJT: “Comparing AGW science to religion. A blatant lie,..”

Is it?

AGW is not based on the scientific method i.e. observable, testable and quantifiable evidence – it’s based on a mantra, a faith. Sound very religious like to me.

Within the next five years the AGW alarmists are going to act like Judas did in denying he knew Jesus. They’ll claim they never really believed in AGW, were misled by others (the IPCC, the Goracle, etc, etc)