Comments on: Personally, In This Heat, I’m Just Denying The Existence Of Snow http://podblack.com/2009/12/personally-in-this-heat-im-just-denying-the-existence-of-snow/ Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life Sat, 26 Nov 2011 19:18:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Mick http://podblack.com/2009/12/personally-in-this-heat-im-just-denying-the-existence-of-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-49300 Mick Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:42:02 +0000 http://podblack.com/?p=2085#comment-49300 I really am stunned that James Randi would fall for something as transparent as the Petition project. What next? Will he endorse "Dissent from Darwin"? It has just as much legitimacy as the former. What's good is that the skeptical and science blogging communities responded quickly and effectively to the column. I really am stunned that James Randi would fall for something as transparent as the Petition project. What next? Will he endorse “Dissent from Darwin”? It has just as much legitimacy as the former.

What’s good is that the skeptical and science blogging communities responded quickly and effectively to the column.

]]> By: OGGEO http://podblack.com/2009/12/personally-in-this-heat-im-just-denying-the-existence-of-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-49290 OGGEO Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:59:04 +0000 http://podblack.com/?p=2085#comment-49290 I don't know if this applies to Randi, but the libertarian/objectivist/anarcho-capitalist brand of skeptics are amusing to watch in this area. Climate science, in their mind, is a threat to their beloved capitalism. It's fun to watch them praise science right until climate change comes up, then suddenly it's all "Could be. Might not. Who knows? Who can really say? Very complicated!" and a slew of the same excuses that others use against vaccines. I don’t know if this applies to Randi, but the libertarian/objectivist/anarcho-capitalist brand of skeptics are amusing to watch in this area. Climate science, in their mind, is a threat to their beloved capitalism. It’s fun to watch them praise science right until climate change comes up, then suddenly it’s all “Could be. Might not. Who knows? Who can really say? Very complicated!” and a slew of the same excuses that others use against vaccines.

]]> By: Jim Lippard http://podblack.com/2009/12/personally-in-this-heat-im-just-denying-the-existence-of-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-49288 Jim Lippard Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:48:11 +0000 http://podblack.com/?p=2085#comment-49288 The biggest problem I had with Randi's post was that he bought into the Petition Project, even though reasons to be skeptical of it had already been published in a magazine where Randi writes a regular column (the Skeptics Society's _Skeptic_ magazine), and even a cursory review is sufficient to show that something's a bit dodgy with it. The biggest problem I had with Randi’s post was that he bought into the Petition Project, even though reasons to be skeptical of it had already been published in a magazine where Randi writes a regular column (the Skeptics Society’s _Skeptic_ magazine), and even a cursory review is sufficient to show that something’s a bit dodgy with it.

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