tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post8144095235549057398..comments2024-02-11T19:28:27.997+11:00Comments on Personal Reflections: Saturday Morning Musings – the rise of rules based societiesJim Belshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-27977613448079773122015-02-21T05:57:15.880+11:002015-02-21T05:57:15.880+11:00Hi Peter. Interesting re-reading this post after a...Hi Peter. Interesting re-reading this post after a lag. <br /><br />I agree that humans tend to make arrogant assumptions about their role and indeed influence. However, I'm not sure that I properly understand the point you are making. <br /><br />Are you suggesting that those arguing for human induced climate change are in fact guilty of arrogance Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-14017298378131101682015-02-20T23:31:55.793+11:002015-02-20T23:31:55.793+11:00A meaningful debate requires an acceptance of diff...A meaningful debate requires an acceptance of different conclusions based upon the data over short and long timeframes.<br />The planet Earth I am sure was not designed purely for us and there have been times over the eons before mans existence when climate change had an impact and was generally toxic.<br />But being the arrogant egotist that man is he can will convey he can control everything for man's betterment but if he actually can't then he should not try to change the world and pretend he can.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09586676591202384837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-11397371181526674252014-06-09T07:36:35.956+10:002014-06-09T07:36:35.956+10:00Thanks, Evan. I found the chapter in question and ...Thanks, Evan. I found the chapter in question and have brought it up as a link in the main post.Neil, for some reason I couldn't load that PDF. Will bring it up later. Jim Belshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10075614280789984767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-57958157595318838722014-06-08T17:05:58.627+10:002014-06-08T17:05:58.627+10:00I obviously endorse Evan, JIm, but look also at th...I obviously endorse Evan, JIm, but look also at this PDF file <a href="http://www.skepticalscience.com/docs/24_errors.pdf?f=24errors" rel="nofollow">Reaffirming the 97% consensus</a>, which seems to me to be well argued.Neilhttp://neilcommonplacebook.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24338064.post-72019387862978879912014-06-08T16:05:04.662+10:002014-06-08T16:05:04.662+10:00If you are in any doubt about denialist's will...If you are in any doubt about denialist's willingness to distort and outright lie about climate change the relevant chapter in Merchants of Doubt will relieve all doubt.<br /><br />It is written by historians so well footnoted. But it is written in that style of high class journalism that Americans do so well. Which means it is skimmable too!Evanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13355215688351759230noreply@blogger.com