Quite enjoyable read. Clearly a complex topic for your review. Wonder how the climate scam can remain viable but clearly the Covid crowd isn't giving up. When I understood that clouds are a key and they couldn't be properly handled, I doubted the data. Thanks for the work. I remain impressed.
Thank you for the compliment of your offer! I often find your reviews thought-provoking because they come from points of view which don't often cross my screen. However, I hesitate for a couple of reasons. First, I would not be a reliably timely reader as I grab moments when I can (I'm a caregiver to someone with dementia, who is now napping). Second, we draw different conclusions even from similar data. (For example, I used to teach a 3rd year undergraduate course in the psychology of intelligence and creativity. I find the apparent racial differences in IQ scores to be overdetermined to such an extent that conclusions of race-linked genetic superiority are not supportable). If you don't mind, given these reasons, I would prefer to comment from the sidelines. Hope that's acceptable.
Good that you can provide care. My ex-wife and I did that for four years before her father died of Parkinson's. Far the best option, if you have the will and resources.
Disagreement is natural. We can read the same material and come to different conclusions. The question is reading it instead of a priori deciding it must be wrong.
I get corrected all the time. Ukrainians note that I sometimes misspell Dnipro and Kyiv. Yes, scientific method, per Bacon, requires forming and testing theories. Mea culpa.
That book sounds extremely interesting and worth studying. I have a nit to pick with your definition of science, however. It is NOT the gathering of evidence to support theories. It is the gathering of evidence to TEST hypotheses based on theories - especially testing them with an eye to seeing if they can be refuted (cherry-picking data to support a favored theory is a major defining characteristic of pseudoscience).
Nooo! It cost a couple of bucks in Kindle, and without even trying I stumbled over a notice to the effect that there is a downloadable PDF. Vinos wants the thing read. Don't give Bezos the money.
Quite enjoyable read. Clearly a complex topic for your review. Wonder how the climate scam can remain viable but clearly the Covid crowd isn't giving up. When I understood that clouds are a key and they couldn't be properly handled, I doubted the data. Thanks for the work. I remain impressed.
Thank you for the compliment of your offer! I often find your reviews thought-provoking because they come from points of view which don't often cross my screen. However, I hesitate for a couple of reasons. First, I would not be a reliably timely reader as I grab moments when I can (I'm a caregiver to someone with dementia, who is now napping). Second, we draw different conclusions even from similar data. (For example, I used to teach a 3rd year undergraduate course in the psychology of intelligence and creativity. I find the apparent racial differences in IQ scores to be overdetermined to such an extent that conclusions of race-linked genetic superiority are not supportable). If you don't mind, given these reasons, I would prefer to comment from the sidelines. Hope that's acceptable.
Good that you can provide care. My ex-wife and I did that for four years before her father died of Parkinson's. Far the best option, if you have the will and resources.
Disagreement is natural. We can read the same material and come to different conclusions. The question is reading it instead of a priori deciding it must be wrong.
I get corrected all the time. Ukrainians note that I sometimes misspell Dnipro and Kyiv. Yes, scientific method, per Bacon, requires forming and testing theories. Mea culpa.
That book sounds extremely interesting and worth studying. I have a nit to pick with your definition of science, however. It is NOT the gathering of evidence to support theories. It is the gathering of evidence to TEST hypotheses based on theories - especially testing them with an eye to seeing if they can be refuted (cherry-picking data to support a favored theory is a major defining characteristic of pseudoscience).
Would you like to be my editor? I take such criticism very well.
great review - I'm ordering it - at $60, not cheap..
Nooo! It cost a couple of bucks in Kindle, and without even trying I stumbled over a notice to the effect that there is a downloadable PDF. Vinos wants the thing read. Don't give Bezos the money.
Just saved $60 - here's the free download link - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/363669186_Climate_of_the_Past_Present_and_Future_A_scientific_debate_2nd_ed Thanks! BTW, here's an interview with him - https://clintel.org/tom-nelson-interviews-javier-vinos/