Monthly Archives: February 2013
Italian Election
You have no doubt heard that the Italian election has left the country, and possibly the European Union, in a state of confusion. The left has won in the Lower House, and the right in the Senate. Hardly anyone is … Continue reading
Cuckoo in the NESTA
I mentioned NESTA and the talk by Stephen Emmott at https://geoffchambers.wordpress.com/2012/11/21/delingpole-emmott-and-the-invasion-of-the-defra-funded-swamp-creatures/ and started transcribing it at https://geoffchambers.wordpress.com/2012/11/23/stephen-emmott-at-nesta/ but gave up because of the poor quality of the recording. It’s now available as a good quality video at http://www.nesta.org.uk/events/previous_events/assets/events/nature_and_necessity_of_a_scientific_revolution I’ve transcribed … Continue reading
Knickers to Climate Change
Today I read a book It was contagious – seventy pages There were pictures here and there, so it wasn’t hard to bear The day I read a book […] The day I read a book, don’t ask me where … Continue reading
What Lies behind Lew’s Lies?
A couple of hours ago, I mentioned in a comment on the previous post that I was going to have a look at Lewandowsky’s numerous references, hoping to be able to tease out the no doubt complex strands of thought … Continue reading
Lew’s Lies (2): Trick or Tweet?
Simon Turnill of Australian Climate Madness obtained Lewandowsky’s emails concerning the paper LOG12 via an FOI request. Many thanks to Steve McIntyre who forwarded them to me. Below is a summary of Lewandowsky’s requests addressed to “pro-science” blogs, beginning with … Continue reading
Lewandowsky the Liar
There are many kinds of psychologist. Many, possibly most, of the academic kind, who do surveys or investigate human behaviour in the laboratory, have little time for psychoanalysts, who were the subject of my previous post . Academic psychologists consider … Continue reading
Psychoanalysis and Climate Change: The Doctors take over the Asylum
Laurie Taylor’s Radio4 “Thinking Allowed” programme, in which he interviews psychoanalyst Sally Weintrobe and professor of social policy Paul Hoggett on the subject of climate change, has already been the subject of articles at http://bishophill.squarespace.com/blog/2013/1/23/silly-sally-psychoanalyst.html and at http://www.climate-resistance.org/2013/01/letter-to-the-climate-shrinks.html A transcription … Continue reading
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