Climate

Agreement concerning basic definitions, models, and measurement procedures is an objective of good science. Below are some questions and a paper concerning GMST. It is left to the reader to ascertain if these answers by Grok are reasonable. Question 1. Consider, for example, the concept of length in a Galilean …

Restrictions on admissible changes of scale are often overlooked in science education. Ironically, this topic receives far more attention in philosophy, psychology, and sociology texts than in the natural sciences. In fact, it was the Harvard psychologist S.~S.~Stevens who introduced the now-classic taxonomy of measurement scales, classifying variables according to …

In the recently highly anticipated encyclical on the environment, Pope Francis alludes to a conjectured ecological crisis involving global warming. Pope Francis is not the only Pope to have addressed this controversial theme.

Logic is the heartbeat of all true learning – the soul of the Classics, the Sciences and Religion. Once everyone studied the Classics, to know that in logic there is a difference between true and false; the Sciences, to discern where it lies; and Religion, to appreciate why it matters. Today, few study all three empires of the mind. Fewer study the ordered beauty of the logic at their heart.

Last week, the prison population in England and Wales exceeded capacity. Rather than addressing the main causes of this increase, namely, the abandonment of traditional values and the collapse of the two parent family, the principal concern of the government seems to be that imprisoning more people will increase anthropogenic …

Researchers from the University of Manchester, have calculated that the Carbon cost of the UK Christmas dinner is equivalent to 6,000 car journeys around the world or 51,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide. The cranberry sauce alone, normally imported from North America, contributes half the carbon footprint related to transport. 

“Pagan emptiness and fears about nature have led to hysteric and extreme claims about global warming. In the past, pagans sacrificed animals and even humans in vain attempts to placate capricious and cruel gods. Today they demand a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions.” —George Cardinal Pell

A parable to illustrate that the same set of data can be compatible with both alleged global warming and cooling simultaneously, ergo, proving that both sides in this nonsensical debate are correct. On a certain planet called X, the average temperature had been a steady 16° X for as long …