From Dr. Michael Mann’s Twitter feed today:
What is he mad about? Probably the same thing a bunch of the same people were mad about last year when I was interviewed on PBS. How DARE they let somebody who has skeptical views speak? The comments from Joe Bastardi in Mann’s Twitter feed were ignored.
Here is Dr. Curry’s interview, it is well worth a read/listen.
While the Obama administration presses forward with plans to deal with climate change, Congress remains steadfast against taking action. It’s not easy to find a scientist who will agree with that point of view. But Republicans have found an ally in a climate scientist by the name of Judith Curry.
Curry actually entered the public eye in 2005, with a paper in Science magazine warning that hurricanes were likely to become more intense as a result of climate change. But in the years since then, she’s soured on the scientific consensus about climate change. Her mantra now is, “We just don’t know.”
More here: http://www.capradio.org/news/npr/story?storyid=213894792
h/t to Dr. Ryan Maue
Shesh, it is a shame that the guy can be more mature. He is his own worst enemy.
Yep, Kevin, he’s a bold-faced baby by times. I haven’t read anything public from him that isn’t tinged with whining, insulting, or the attitude of a spoiled brat fed at the public teat for far too long.
That that man calls himself a victim of bullying is pathetic.
Bullying others is all he does these days.
Thought I’d look up Mann’s twitter feed to follow the conversation. I’m not allowed. it appears that I am blocked by Mann on twitter. having no recollection of any discourse or contact with him, ever, I’m a little bit proud of that. A nobody was considered enough of a somebody to be blocked from debate by a narcissist. Oh joy 🙂
Mann went past pathetic a long time ago.
He went past Stuck on Stupid within recent memory.
Now he is just acting like a spoiled little child that can’t understand why he can’t have all the candy.
He is digging his legacy hole deeper and faster as the Poster Child for everything wrong with modern science and scientists.
His simply a tragic mistake-in-action of a professor and a scientist.
Classic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection
Sad little Mann
Judy; “I see this as a missed opportunity to discuss the science and the changing dynamics of the climate debate after climategate.”
Richard Harris; “By now, of course, Curry has strayed far from science and deep into public policy. But like all of us, she does have a personal point of view. And hers, at root, is not about science; it’s about individualism.”
Not to wax too offensive Judith, but I [snip that’s over the top – Anthony]
Curry is a climate scientist who has had a long and distinguished academic career. Mann is notorious because he published one paper that got a lot of political press, and was pretty shortly discredited.
And in what sense is this a puff piece? It’s chock full of snark imho.
I find it interesting that the fact that Judith Curry has apparently changed her mind is being used as a slur on her character and her integrity.
I had always considered the ability to change one’s mind in the face of new facts to be a virtue, and something to be encouraged.
Evidently in the oxymoron that is “climate science”, facts don’t matter, and reasoned response to changing circumstances and facts is anathema.
In light of this, I wonder why we are spending billions of dollars on “climate science” research. If “the science is settled”, and we are not allowed to change our minds in response to new facts, why are we bothering with spending all that money on research?
She’s not part of the 97%. Not even the 95%. She’s definitely off Mann’s Christmas card list this year.
Pathetic. Pathological, narcissistic, paranoid, emotionally stunted, ah heck. There are not enough terms in the practice of psychoanalysis to properly describe Mann.
There’s definitely something of “Falling Down” in the Twitter stream of the #hashtag #obsessed #egomaniac this week. Hopefully he doesn’t get stuck in a traffic jam.
I tweeted that because I can not believe that Dr Mann is attacking the CHAIR of a prominent university’s dept, because of what: she wrote something that many believe hit the nail on the head? Look, I understand why Dr. Mann would be sensitive to the attacks on his work. Suppose you worked at something for as long as he did, believe its right, and are under attack. Just put yourself in his shoes. So understand why he feels set upon. And dont write me and tell me I am defending him.. I am trying to explain how a person in his shoes is going to feel. As for me, with Dr Mann, All I want is to see him debate his ideas with other people that have published reputable papers, that can find no such hockey stick. Afterall If your work is going to be the banner, well guess what, the guy carrying the banner is going to be a target, but he should have chosen IMO to get out there debate this, look above the fray. My point is I have some sympathy for his position, its not easy. I may disagree up and down with him, but I can understand how he would feel bitter ( again I am not defending, I am explaining). BUT THIS SHOT IS WAY WAY BEYOND THAT, IMO. Dr Curry is not some propaganda spouting mouthpiece that I have seen that label every storm as a sign on climate change or warming or whatever they call it now, frighteningly ignorant of past storms to a point where I stare in disbelief that someone would actually say that. Dr Curry is not wandering around in some think tank ( not that they arent correct, but again we are talking about someone that given the academic and political climate today, has a position where it takes guts and conviction to state ones belief if it runs contrary), Someone saying these things about her is doing it, in my opinion, with the intent to damage her. Its a form of bullying. Its meant to silence her. So this was uncalled for IMO.
I would hope Dr Mann would reconsider. As I tweeted 1) SInce when would NPR do a puff piece on a matter like this and 2) Why would a person in Dr Curry’s position spread distraction and confusion on this matter. THAT IS A HECK OF AN ACCUSATION AT A DEPT CHAIR OF A MAJOR UNIVERSITY, and is beyond he usual mud slinging this has become
Its really getting weird watching these attempts to silence people… it is a form of soft tyranny
For a person to rewrite climate history, as did Mr. Mann, what else should we expect from him than what you see from him?
This is good. Mann just doesn’t know when to stop digging. In the process, he is destroying his own reputation.
The way NPRavda frames the report is toxic to serious journalism.
Oohh – looks like somebody is showing symptoms of Napoleon Complex, aka Small Mann Complex. I wonder if he’s on the short list to replace that other small thinker, James Hansen. Somewhere a fairy tale is missing a little pig.
What is Mann complaining about? NPR’s Richard Harris made sure that Dr. Curry came off as weak-kneed, vague, and unscientific. “Well, we can’t predict the future, and anyway we can’t stop China and India from using fossil fuels” (paraphrase). Does she think that CO2 forcing is all it’s cracked up to be? Is CO2 a driver of global temperature at all? I suppose in Harris’s defense, Dr. Curry temporized to the point of incoherence, leaving him free to close with the smug,
Next week we’ll hear from a “mainstream,” i.e. real climate scientist. Who? Michael Mann? Good grief!
/Mr Lynn
Why does this remind me of the old Life cereal commercials?
Kevin Trenberth is up tomorrow on NPR.
I’m watching TV ads, it’s the Toyota Summer Clearance Event. They’re hawking their Prius, the selling points are headroom and $750 cash back. Not the mileage, which is middling. Not massive tax rebates, whose future is uncertain.
Especially not how driving a Prius benefits the environment.
Headroom, and a “cash back” of about 1/2 the Pennsylvania sales tax. They don’t even mention it’s a hybrid.
I seem to remember Priuses (Prii?) were such a hot seller, there was a long waiting list. Now they have to put them on sale to clear out the old stock.
Dear Dr. Mann, you have succeeded your way into defeat. You have kept so many so alarmed for so long, the people are numb. They have stopped caring. We have been repeatedly informed we are all doomed unless we unite to fight global warming. We can have a fist fight over the choice of pizza toppings. Deep down, the people knew they were doomed, there was no hope. They have stopped the preemptive fighting against the invisible enemy you told them was there. Now they wait to see how bad it really will be.
Congratulations, Mann. You have won. You have lost. Hooray for you, and the rest of the Climate Advocates for Justice (the CAJ). You certainly did your part.
Take heart; few are listening but the already devoted …
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I guess I am the only one who thinks NPR is “backing down” from CAGW. The fact that the interview seems dismissive of Dr. Curry shows that they do not want their listeners breaking down their doors.
Having Trenberth on? Really? After his “randomly traveling hot spot” remark? I guess they have Gore on Saturday to talk about Cat 6 hurricanes.