[Terrapreta] Critical thinking or lack thereof

[Peter Read]

Don't bother with the IPCC which is out of date and heavily sanitized 
[[ visit  http://www.meridian.org.uk/Resources/Global%20Dynamics/IPCC/index1.htm for an account of the political corruption of IPCC reports]]

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Peter
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Sean K. Barry 
  To: Jim Joyner ; Richard Haard 
  Cc: Terra Preta 
  Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 10:07 AM
  Subject: Re: [Terrapreta] Critical thinking or lack thereof


  Hi Jim,

  I'm with Richard on this, too.  Michael Crichton is a FICTION writer.  He has to take license with what writes .. speeches or novels, lest he bore the bejesuzz out of anyone listening, like Al Gore does and most everyone of the global climatologists on the IPCC does to lay people.
  But, as for critical thinking about scientific credibility, Michael Crichton is a putz.  Try reading anything posted on www.ipcc.ch  ... it far more long winded than Michael Crichton and most of it has none of the polish or flamboyance of "Prey", but as far as critical thinking about global warming goes, it IS the real deal.  Those Nobel prize laurieates don't just play doctors on TV, nor do they just write stories about play doctors or play cops on TV.

  SKB
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Richard Haard 
    To: Jim Joyner 
    Cc: Terra Preta 
    Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 12:39 PM
    Subject: Re: [Terrapreta] Critical thinking or lack thereof


    Jim

    Do we really need to marginalize contemporary scientific thinking with  
    Cricthton's scientific cherry picking of information that includes  
    global warming is a non issue?  As a counterpoint it is worthwhile to  
    look at this 12/13/2004 review of his fiction work and it's  
    'scientific underpinnings'. Especially interesting since he  
    interviewed Gavin, this writer , during his preparation for the book.

    http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2004/12/michael-crichtons-state-of-confusion/


    On Feb 17, 2008, at 9:00 AM, Jim Joyner wrote:

    > Here's an interesting article by Michael Creighton. It's a bit long  
    > but
    > it is an exercise in critical thinking, something I think we may need
    > more of in this world..
    > http://www.michaelcrichton.com/speech-complexity.html
    >
    > Regards,
    >
    > Jim
    >

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