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An irregular exploration of the struggle between the power of rational discourse and the scientific method on one hand, and the forces of superstition and dogma on the other. Mostly regarding climate change, though.
James Hrynyshyn is a freelance science journalist and communications consultant based in western North Carolina, where he tries to put degrees in marine biology and journalism to good use.
The Demon-Haunted World:
Science as a Candle
in the Dark,
by Carl Sagan
(A
review)
The Doubter's Companion:
by John Ralston Saul (Excerpts)
Skeptic Magazine: www.skeptic.com
Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal: www.csicop.org
A poem by Yehuda Amichai:
The
Place
Where We Are Right
The Meaning of the
Island of Doubt
By doubting we come to inquiry; and through inquiry we perceive truth.
--- Peter Abelard
Undisguised clarity is easily mistaken for arrogance.
-- Richard Dawkins
As for evolution, it happened. Deal with it.
-- Michael Shermer.
"There is no need to sally forth, for it remains true that those things
which make us human are, curiously enough, always close at hand.
Resolve, then, that on this very ground, with small flags waving, and
tiny blasts of tinny trumpets, we have met the enemy, and not only may
he be ours, he may be us."
--Walt Kelly
April 30, 2010
Category: climate
Remember how the island on Lost vanished, only to reappear somewhere else? Well, that's what's about to happen here. The phrase "Island of Doubt" has served its purpose, and is being replaced. This is the last post that will appear...
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April 29, 2010
Category: climate
One last look at Judith Curry, before I shut down the Island of Doubt and launch my new blog tomorrow. I, and many other climateers, remain fascinated by what she has to say, largely because we've never seen a respected...
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April 27, 2010
Category: climate
Her record as as scientist is beyond reproach, but her ventures into the blogosphere are something else entirely.
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 9:34 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 24, 2010
Category: climate
Right or wrong about the IPCC process, she's a complex character and one worth following.
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April 23, 2010
Category: climate
Ninety-four gigawatts. None of those coal-fired plants are capable of capturing and storing CO2.
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 11:31 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 22, 2010
Category: climate
There is a potentially fatal flaw in the approach many governments assume they can take to deal with global warming.
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 8:59 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 21, 2010
Category: climate
Nothing I could write on the subject of the corporatization of environmentalism can best this....
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 4:30 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 20, 2010
Category: cetacea
Compare the tenor of the scientific musing on the link between volcanoes and the climate change with the pronouncements of a senior Iranian cleric
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 9:28 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 16, 2010
Category: climate
Another critical mass of climate change pseudoskeptics will be gathering today for an D.C. lunch event titled "The Climategate Scandals: What Has Been Revealed And What Does It Mean?" It features: Pat Michaels of the Cato Institute and Joseph D'Aleo...
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 10:37 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 15, 2010
Category: climate
The new blog will appear on April 30, 2010. the name of which will be unveiled at that time.
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