Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Sometimes You Just Laugh Yourself Silly

SEE HERE I love this piece just because it is so funny. The guy starts by complaining that Dr. William Gray uses ad hominem in his attack on some climate alarmists. He should be using data asserts Fred Johnson the writer of this piece. But then he cites the people who Gray is criticizing as having given evidence, but the evidence was the claim that they agreed with a consensus of other global warming alarmists which isn't data. So Gray's claim that they have been brainwashed is at least plausible since their argument is that they're agreeing with these others (still no data). Then Johnson attacks Gray's credentials because he's only a hurricane expert. Well that's sure related to climate and weather. He complains about the lack of peer reviewed journal articles, but he doesn't cite any himself, moreover if he checked into the Climategate correspondence he'd have to conclude that the global warming alarmists were stacking the deck on publications. Then he completes his article with a string of ad hominem attacks on the global warming skeptics which is conjectures are on Dr. Gray's side. So is there any data here? The guy isn't even very good on identifying fallacies. Then in the midst of his own fallacies he lectures Gray on science. That's a riot! As far as I can see, without saying a word Gray comes out looking better here. With friends like these, who needs enemies?

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