Doubt is clearly a value in the sciences. Whether it is in other fields is an open question and an uncertain matter.” “…it is very important to doubt and that…
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Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #575
All other aspects and characteristics of science can be understood directly when we understand that observation is the ultimate and final judge of the truth of an idea.
Select Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #568
I fully agree with you concerning the pseudo-science of astrology. The interesting point is that this kind of superstition is so tenacious that it could persist through so many centuries.
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #566
Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt.
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #565
In plain words, Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.”
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #564
Mathematics may be defined as the subject where we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #563
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates mysteries of eternity, of life, of…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #562
“To know when you know something, and to know when you don’t know, that’s knowledge.”
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #559
“I don’t think there is a climate crisis. I think the key processes are exaggerated and misunderstood by a factor of about 200.”
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #558
On the other hand, I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics. So do not take the lecture too seriously, feeling that you really have to understand…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #557
“The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.”
‘Global Warming Has Begun, Expert Tells Senate’ (1988 exaggerations vs. today)
Today, 35 years later, the recorded increase is 1F and 4 inches.
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #555
The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure of the holders lack of rational conviction. Opinions…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #552
“Without data, you’re just another person with an opinion.” – W. Edwards Deming
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #550
“If we could create the universe from scratch, we’d all make sure that no one ever suffered misfortunes or disadvantages. The problem is that we don’t get to create the…
Why We Need an Independent Global Climate Temperature Database
Given that governments are spending billions of taxpayer dollars on climate mitigation programs, doesn’t it make sense to get the most important thing – the actual temperature – as accurate as…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #546
The greatest challenge facing mankind is the challenge of distinguishing reality from fantasy, truth from propaganda
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #545
No government has the right to decide on the truth of scientific principles.
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #543
The Week That Was: 2023-03-11 (March 11, 2023Brought to You by SEPP (www.SEPP.org)The Science and Environmental Policy Project Quote of the Week: “So I hope you can accept Nature as…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #542
The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool. — Richard P. Feynman
Failed Prediction Timeline
FilterTopic1.5 Degree ThresholdAcid RainArctic Sea IceBiodiversityClimate ChaosClimate ModelsDroughtsEnvironmental Disaster/PollutionEnvironmental RefugeesFamineHeat WavesHurricanesLandfillsMelting PermafrostNew Ice AgeOverpopulationOzone DepletionPeak OilPets DyingSea Level RiseSnowTemperature RisePrediction made byA GeologistAl GoreAqsa Younas RanaBarry CommonerBob WoodruffDaniel P. MonahanDavid…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #541
“It is not the most intellectual of the species that survives; it is not the strongest that survives; but the species that survives is the one that is able best…
Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup #539
“I think we live in an unscientific age in which almost all the buffeting of communications and television–words, books, and so on–are unscientific. As a result, there is a considerable…
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