Sunday, October 31, 2010

Maybe it ain't an act

Judy Curry continues her crazy aunt act, which is being torn apart by the usual suspects. Her arguments are so shallow and easy to refute that one is left with the conclusion that she ain't too bright to start with.

14 comments:

Former Skeptic said...

Two words. Socratic Irony.

Anonymous said...

Hey. I said that elsewhere, too.

Cymraeg llygoden

David B. Benson said...

Former Skeptic --- I count 4 words.

Former Skeptic said...

Touche, David. :) And yes, I note that more people are picking up Curry's Marohasy impersonation.

Time to follow the kids for their Trick'o'Treating around the neighborhood. 'Scuse me while I put on my Tom Fuller outfit on...

Rattus Norvegicus said...

Ohhh.... That's scarrryyy....

Steve Bloom said...

Careful, after dark the reflection can cause traffic accidents if you lean over too far.

Anonymous said...

Snow bunny says:

I find this sentence of Curry's ... well, curious:

"I will provide a few simple examples of reasoning to compare (I know I will need help here from the logicians, bayesians, and lawyers in the group, but this is a start)."

I'm unable to think of any problem that would require a consilience of lawyers, logicians and bayesians but I sure that's because I'm into old-fashioned science speak. (Learned a new word from Curry; consilience! have to show it off!)

Anonymous said...

Snow Bunny,

The very fact that there is consilience on AGW underscores the robustness of the theory of AGW and is all the more reason for us to be deeply concerned.

What is Curry's take? I do not waste my time reading the tripe on her blog....she finally lost me when she floated the ludicrous and amateur Italian flag analogy.

Meanwhile ice loss from the Greenland Ice Sheet accelerates:

http://www.skepticalscience.com/Greenland-ice-mass-loss-after-the-2010-summer.html

Something which Curry, along with Tony Watts and co., is busy trying to distract us all from....

MapleLeaf

Jim Bouldin said...

"Learned a new word from Curry; consilience!"
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That's E.O. Wilson's term from a great book of the same name, and he sure as heck didn't mean whatever Curry seems to think it means.

seamus said...

Why does Curry coddle denialism? Perhaps she's planning on a run for public office in her (among the reddest of) red state.

Anonymous said...


Why does Curry coddle denialism? Perhaps she's planning on a run for public office in her (among the reddest of) red state.


Maybe it has to do with personal safety... I mean, what might happen to Michael Mann or James Hansen if they wandered around down down there in the Deep South?

Anonymous said...

If that's a question of personal safety, one might question her of the threats she has recieved there down in the Deep South.

Anonymous said...

Question: Is there anything to a Libertarian explanation of Curry?

Pete Dunkelberg

Hank Roberts said...

Belatedly for Pete's question, not much:

Libertarianism and the environment | Climate Etc.
Jan 6, 2011 ... by Judith Curry. On several previous threads, there has been considerable discussion of libertarian perspectives, some of which were rather ... judithcurry.com/2011/01/06/libertarianism-and-the-environment/ - Cached

Heresy and the creation of monsters | Climate Etc.
Oct 25, 2010 ... Did the skeptics and the oil companies and the libertarian ... judithcurry.com/2010/10/25/heresy-and-the-creation-of-monsters/