Yes, let's teach the controversy.

[elucidator]

And the horse upon in which you rode!

[Trinopus]

What a strange, sad little mind. There ought to be comfort for such suffering.

[FXMastermind]

meanwhile, in Scotland.

[Trinopus]

Cherry picking. How about Australia?

What part of “global average” do you not comprehend?

[FXMastermind]

… Teach the controversy!

[GIGObuster]

@Trinopus

Cherry picking. How about Australia?

What part of “global average” do you not comprehend?

I don’t think he even comprehends where the controversy is, as defenders of science education are putting guys like him in the same column as the creationists are.

Home | National Center for Science Education

In order to develop effective solutions to the myriad challenges of climate change, particularly with respect to climate education, it is important to understand the arguments of the climate change deniers, which consistently employ three rhetorically effective — but false — pillars: that climate change is bad science, that acceptance of climate change is driven by radical ideological motivations and leads to undesirable social consequences, and that it is only fair to acknowledge a scientific controversy over climate change.

Climate change denial is already threatening the integrity of science education in public schools and elsewhere. These attacks occur in individual classrooms, local school boards, state boards of education and state legislatures, and informal learning environments. And even in the absence of explicit attacks, science educators report experiencing implicit pressure to compromise on the scientific accuracy of their presentations of climate change. NCSE helps concerned citizens to defend accurate science education in all of these settings.

Blogging and the Republican party are the only places deniers have for the controversy, there is indeed much less of it in academic settings and even less among the scientists.

[lance_strongarm]

@FXMastermind

… Teach the controversy!

I couldn’t agree more. We should teach kids the process of thinking about science, and critical thinking skills in general, so that they can see for themselves the bullshit behind creationism and climate change denial. They’ll have much more confidence in the results that way and they can handle such questions themselves. That’s how a real science education should work.

[lance_strongarm]

@Trinopus

What part of “global average” do you not comprehend?

Or “weather isn’t climate?”

[Trinopus]

@FXMastermind

… Teach the controversy!

And…he retreats again to passive-aggressive mini-posts, one-liners with no actual content.

Too bad, so sad.

Nice guy when he’s sober.

How 'bout them Lakers? (You know, the ones that used to be Glaciers…)

[FXMastermind]

Remember the Hubbard!

[GIGObuster]

@Trinopus

And…he retreats again to passive-aggressive mini-posts, one-liners with no actual content.

Too bad, so sad.

Nice guy when he’s sober.

How 'bout them Lakers? (You know, the ones that used to be Glaciers…)

Meltdowns are not pretty.

But enjoyable when FX thinks that others are the ones suffering it, he is really that deluded.

[FXMastermind]

@GIGObuster

Meltdowns are not pretty.

But enjoyable …

I’m starting to think your heart is not in the right place.

[GIGObuster]

@FXMastermind

I’m starting to think your heart is not in the right place.

Oh, don’t worry about it my dear Poptech.

Everybody should check what a tool FX is over here:

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=17164689#post17164689

[VinylTurnip]

Thanks, but I think I’ve got enough data already.

[j666]

Cimate Change: Evidence and Causes (PDF Booklet

Free download from the National Academies Press

[Battle_Pope]

@FXMastermind

Remember the Hubbard!

You really are the worst kind of scientifically ignorant shyster bastard aren’t you.

http://ak.water.usgs.gov/glaciology/hubbard/

Hubbard Glacier is the largest tidewater glacier on the North American continent. It has been thickening and advancing toward the Gulf of Alaska since it was first mapped by the International Boundary Commission in 1895 (Davidson, 1903). This is in stark contrast with most glaciers, which have thinned and retreated during the last century. This atypical behavior is an important example of the calving glacier cycle in which glacier advance and retreat is controlled more by the mechanics of terminus calving than by climate fluctuations.

(Bolding mine)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidewater_glacier_cycle

The size of tidewater glaciers is such that the tidewater glacier cycle is several hundred years in length. A tidewater glacier is not sensitive to climate during the advancing and drastically retreating phases of its cycle. In the same region, disparate terminus responses are observed amongst tidewater calving glaciers, but not land terminating glaciers. This is exemplified by the 17 major glaciers of the Juneau Icefield, 5 have retreated more than 500 m since 1948, 11 more than 1000 m, and one glacier the Taku has advanced. This difference highlights the unique impacts on terminus behavior of the tidewater glacier cycle, which has caused the Taku Glacier to be insensitive to climate change in the last 60 years.

[Askthepizzaguy]

Asshat poking his head back in here.

“I’ve been keeping you in suspense! Woooo!” - my explanation why I haven’t responded.

Or someone else’s.

Generally I don’t respond to persons in my “essay” threads anymore unless they’re addressing me directly and has something of note to say, needing a response from me.

When the responses to my longer threads are “TL;DR” and dozens of posts thereof, and a bunch of folks discussing amongst themselves, there’s really no reason for me to comment, and I like seeing where the discussion goes without my input.

Other threads where I respond to the OP, I’m part of the discussion, interested in the subject matter, and want to discuss it with others. In my own threads I’ve already stated my opinion at length, and it hurt the brains of those who cannot handle the word count of your average pamphlet, let alone an actual book, who simultaneously complain about the fact that I’ve posted too much while paradoxically insisting I should post moar.

I’m not sure what sorts of discussions I could have with such people, I’m not exceedingly curious to find out. In short, if all you have to offer in a text-based online discussion are complaints about having to read (lol), you’re the sort of troglodyte I don’t really have the inclination to banter with. Words offend you so, you may safely steer clear of any thread I post, because those threads will contain words.

I even do you the courtesy of clearly marking most of my recent threads with “Hey, it’s got words” to help those of you with the reading skills of your average second grader realize it’s not a picture book written for children, where you might have to handle a maximum of 60 words total in order to complete it. You see, I care enough to warn you to run off and play with your balls if reading isn’t your thing. I just don’t have the patience to sit and debate with you, because then it would involve typing words in the general direction of someone who doesn’t care to read them in the first place. Kind of self-explanatory, yet here I am.

Oh my and my post is more than a couple sentences, meaning it won’t be read by those it’s directed toward anyway.

Maybe this will help:

Good Morning Kitten - Cute Kitten Pictures and LOLs

This is a link to a website that will cater more to your specific and special needs.

Regrettably, still words contained within, but hey, pretty kittehs.

[Drunky_Smurf]

Well I read your post and it just reinforced how much of a douchebag you are. Sounds like what you’re really looking for is a doucheblog and not a message board.