By now you may have heard of a fictional paper in a fictional peer-reviewed journal that claims to prove that bacteria, not humans, are to blame for climate change. Here's a link to "Carbon dioxide production by benthic bacteria: the death of manmade global warming theory?" (Journal of Geoclimatic Studies (2007) 13:3. 223-231) in case you're wondering what it's actually all about. Already some observers are depressed that the hoax was revealed before more gullible denialists got taken in, which only a few did, such as this poor chump. Earlier this morning, Reuters ran a story, "Hoax bacteria study tricks climate skeptics," and Reuters' enviro blogger is asking for help trying to figure out who is behind it all... http://scienceblogs.com/islandofdoubt/2007...bal_warming.php
Not a bad idea for a hoax. It is believed that bacteria outmass all other plant and animal life on Earth. I knew a microbiologist who would scoff at such sayings as "the age of dinosaurs", or "the age of mammals", etc. He said that it is today, and it always has been the age of bacteria.
I see the poor chump quickly rewrote his blog to take out anything embarassing he may have said. The comments are still there, though. Call them skeptics, call them naive, call them dumb. What do you call someone given knowledge and facts who still refuses to learn? Stupid comes to mind.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(F8L @ Nov 10 2007, 06:25 PM) [snapback]537801[/snapback]</div> The look comes naturally to Limbaugh..... :lol: The amazing part is how many people will believe something like this without checking it out. I still get email spoofs and scams that good hearted people pass on without looking them up. "Send an email to this address and little Suzy will get a dollar for her lung transplant." "Don't blink your lights at someone as they will think you are a gang member and hunt you down." Simply amazing.....
David Thorpe published it, but he didn't write it, according to Mr. Thorpe himself: http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseacti...logID=326953211
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(wile-e @ Nov 10 2007, 08:40 PM) [snapback]537883[/snapback]</div> Not unlike all the chumps that bought all of Gore's scientific inaccuracies in AIT. :lol:
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TimBikes @ Nov 14 2007, 01:31 AM) [snapback]539302[/snapback]</div> Al Gore is not a scientist, and to my knowledge he makes no claims to be one. But, he is famous and therefore was in a position to bring awareness to a GLOBAL audience on the dangers we are facing. Hats off to him....If he had not stepped up to the plate, who would have?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(cheminee @ Nov 13 2007, 10:37 PM) [snapback]539304[/snapback]</div> I'm sure the poster of the hoax wasn't a scientist either. A chump's a chump.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TimBikes @ Nov 13 2007, 10:31 PM) [snapback]539302[/snapback]</div> As with any hyped up documentary. I even caught a couple in "Dimming the Sun", which I happen to like. Look how much research you had to do to catch them though.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(F8L @ Nov 13 2007, 11:49 PM) [snapback]539338[/snapback]</div> A few inadvertent errors are excusable. I'll have to check out "Dimming the Sun". I've been watching a couple of NOVA shows recently online. It's really an excellent program - I just never seem to catch it live.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(TimBikes @ Nov 14 2007, 08:28 PM) [snapback]539801[/snapback]</div> Agreed. Dimming the Sun can be watched on Google vieo or YouTube but it's much better on full screen.
