Letters, I get letters, and even though the WUWT contact page says clearly:
Contacts made under this form (especially hate mail and threats) are considered to be fair game for publishing, just like the “submit story” form.
Some people just can’t help themselves. For example, today the story Seven Earth Day predictions that failed spectacularly by Andrew Follett of the Daily Caller got quite a bit of attention, and one David Corgan thinks I’m a “villain” for calling attention to failed Earth Day predictions of the past. The farce is strong with this one:
Name: David Corgan
Email:[redacted]@hotmail.com
Website: http://Astropunks.com
Subject: [Watts Up With That? – Earth Day Post] Contact
Message: Are you insane? It is only through MASSIVE efforts and huge expenditures by numerous governments that the Earth Day predictions have been averted. If not for the warnings, sentiments, and efforts of the scientists you denounce, we very well could all bestarving to death right now.
There are no scientists, or anyone that pays attention to actual data, that doesn’t believe we are rapidly heading for a global collapse. As a astrophysicist, I know how fragile and special our planet is, and shame shame shame on you for trying to promote such a horrible and destructive agenda.
The scientists, volunteers, authors, and more that you feebly attempt to debunk are champions of our planet and the human race. You are a villain.
Hmmm. Paul Ehrlich prevented us from starving to death? Somehow, Mr. Corgan just doesn’t strike me as a real astrophysicist…yet. Seems I’m right.
As for global collapse? We’ve heard it all before, that’s what the article points out. Here’s a few more Earth Day predictions that failed.
People like this are really dangerous! They lie constantly about environmental science related subjects, believe their own lies and chastise anyone who attempts correct their insane ideas as demons. And their lies multiply like rabbits! I see it daily and don’t always have the energy to correct them NICELY! Lord help us from these mental midgets/misfits!!!!!!
The time for an intervention is nigh
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“I wish him luck on his GRE, but I do have my doubts.”
I wish him luck with with his bachelor degree, and I guess with his associate degree too.
This man is a serious indictment on the whole education establishment in Minnesota. And to think he actually paid for it; actually, I believe he was robbed and his “perfessers” are the perpetrators.
“……It is only through MASSIVE efforts and huge expenditures by numerous governments that the Earth Day predictions have been averted…….
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………..There are no scientists, or anyone that pays attention to actual data, that doesn’t believe we are rapidly heading for a global collapse. As a astrophysicist, I know how fragile and special our planet is, and shame shame shame on you for trying to promote such a horrible and destructive agenda…..”
So, um…its thanks to government that we didn’t run out of crude oil decades ago? And, um…was it government then that is responsible for the increase in food production and not scientists like Norman Borlaug? I guess government scientists must have done all that agricultural science research if I understand you correctly. And those scientists obviously are now trying to kill us all off now with GMO foods, are they not?
David, I was wondering if you “scientists” have determined how much longer we have until we humans and the planet can….um…..you know, “hang it up” so to speak. I need to know so I can plan out and schedule my remaining days accordingly. You don’t need to get the date right down to the month and day, just a year will do. Let me know when you and other scientists have finished your calculations and have determined the year. Thank you so much in advance.
David, it sure is wonderful to see you defending those who demonstrated such tremendous faith in human ingenuity and innovation even if their predictions decades ago weren’t um, ….you know…quite right. And if Anthony is truly insane as you suggest (and all these years I could have sworn he was sane) and is advancing an agenda that will kill the planet and all of us, I guess he and his “ilk” need to be locked up, huh? Maybe it will delay the onset of our doom…..maybe.
Bless you David for being such a wonderfully “enlightened” individual, even if you really aren’t really an astrophysicst as of yet as you claimed. (/sarc) (LOL)
Yeah, OK, he’s not actually an astrophysicist.
But since he’s working on his PhD, can we say he’s at least a half-as-trophysicist …
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ooh a new word.. “bestarving”.. I’m going to use it.
Like I bestarving today.
Essentially, he is like a sun worshiper who attributes the rising of the sun to his prayers.
He appears to think that if it weren’t for the neo-Malthusians, the car would have simply gone off the cliff. Actually, what is happening is that the car is in some danger mostly thanks to the neos making a mad grab for the steering wheel, believing the highly competent driver to be incompetent.
I’ve said before that I don’t believe any physicist can be all of: honest, diligent, competent, and sane, and not be completely certain that the CAGW theory is false. ANY physicist (including astro- and other subsets) who proclaims the truth is this theory is deficient in one or more of honesty, diligent investigation of the theory, competent ability, or sanity.
I tick all the boxes and am completely certain that the CAGW theory is false.
Message: Are you insane? It is only through MASSIVE efforts and huge expenditures by numerous governments that the Earth Day predictions have been averted. If not for the warnings, sentiments, and efforts of the scientists you denounce, we very well could all bestarving to death right now.
_____________________
Powerfull tool: one earthday and doom waiting past 30 ys is cleared.
Earthday declares another doom past following 30 ys.
As was noted by a friend of mine who looked in on his bio: There’s not a single environmental bit anywhere in there. He doesn’t say a word about it!
Never heard astrophysicians causating supernovae with GHGs.
I read David Corgan’s biography. If he becomes an astrophysicist, he’ll be so inept, all he’ll be able to do is teach…..his incompetence to a new generation. He had no clue what the scientific method entails.
Astrophysicians work with models to. Seemingly this one knows of no quality difference in physicists vs. Climatologists models.
Why did he want to become an astrophysicist? I dunno. Was Carl Sagan his role model, or was it Willie Soon? (sarc). He should read this:
http://www.academicinvest.com/science-careers/physics-careers/how-to-become-an-astrophysicist
It doesn’t say anything in there about activist skills.
“villain” — how quaint. Refreshing. The common modern insults were getting tired.
BTW, on that list of old predictions, the “population bomb” figures highly. I don’t recall any successes and only a few measures to reduce population growth (China’s one child policy and eastern europe communism’s side effects). Since it didn’t work to convince everyone to stop populating, they had to find a new cause: AGW. They still won’t be able to convince everyone to sacrifice enough.
asstrophysicist?
Oh Dear. On this “Earth Day” I can imagine seeing Michael Mann, James Hansen and Jimmy Jones sitting round a camp fire near State College Pennsylvania, [Snip. A little over the top, wouldn’t you say? -mod]
These New Worlders are attacking from every angle – Here Soros and Bloomberg are funding cities by announcing they have “won” an award to change the way the American economy works. Incidentally, this newscaster in North Dakota is probably unique in the media industry. I hope he doesn’t lose his job:
https://youtu.be/DAeAbX4RLns
The entire Earth Day Movement is an insane but extremely dangerous Medieval Cult.
http://green-agenda.com
If we don’t stop them we will pay an incredible price.
“…a astrophysicist”
and a grammatically ignorant slow learner. Shame x 3.
People tend to do that when Ahh “a” is pronounced “Ayy” as in “Ayy” “Ahh”strophysicist.
It’s the same in HP documentation, An before “H” because “aych” is how it is pronounced instead of my Irish “Haych” for H 😀
The problem is because some pronounce letters differently, the idiots think it changes the structure of the sentence lol
I read it all the time in HP documentation, “An Hewlett Packard laptop” lol, just because you pronounce “H” like a vowel doesn’t mean you can slaughter English language
“There are no scientists, or anyone that pays attention to actual data, that doesn’t believe we are rapidly heading for a global collapse.” How many genuine scientists does he know? He needs to get an education in the real world.
Maybe you’ve got it wrong!
What if all the predictions are right but Big [input name here] has control of so much media etc that we’re not realising it?
It’s just that Big [input name here] is an enemy of the prophets and fight to hide the truth.
Sob ….
You are talking about soros, the UN and so forth, yes?
Or maybe the reptilians? I read somewhere that Islam is a creation of the Vatican, maybe that’s the culprit! Or maybe Goldfinger? ie I know not.
So a halfass-trophisicist who knows nothing about climate science (Hello Mr Corgan hope you are reading) can tell us without any scientific support that earth day moaning has averted catastrophe?
And people wonder why I have issues with astrophysics when this is the sort of deluded idiot that enters the field. 😀
Mr Corgan, if you are reading and you are as claims are a scientist, can you post the supporting documentation that backs your claims?
Isn’t that how it works? How does a scientist get all angry after reading an article and post unsupported hysterical nonsense.
Now if you could just approach this in a scientific manner, and explain what catastrophe was averted and your evidence on how earth day predictions averted such disasters.
If this is beyond you, how on earth do you intent to make an impact in the fields of physics and astrophysics? It certainly shows how you Mr Corgan would react to any opposing scientific theories to your own.. as in a childish illogical unsupported rant.
Make your case or are you a coward?