tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26682722.post3011282522759451531..comments2024-03-27T11:39:00.859-07:00Comments on Stones and Bones: Global Warming, Panda's Thumb, and My "Mann number" of ~2Gary S. Hurdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08296691454238708856noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26682722.post-10181278626926320122014-03-03T20:50:15.372-08:002014-03-03T20:50:15.372-08:00Howdy Kyle,
I remember a guy in graduate school w...Howdy Kyle,<br /><br />I remember a guy in graduate school who did a similar study of co-authors in a field. The field was social network analysis in the 1970s. He found (IIRC) two nearly isolated groups who were sociologists, and anthropologists. The people identified as "leaders" in the field were the few who co-authored papers from "both sides." <br /><br />Maybe I should look at the Wegman Report.Gary S. Hurdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08296691454238708856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26682722.post-73731928461304812032014-03-03T20:03:30.892-08:002014-03-03T20:03:30.892-08:00Well as a long-time and avid reader of both blogs,...Well as a long-time and avid reader of both blogs, I owe you a heap of thanks! I never knew about the PT connection with RC. <br /><br />And I'll third the relationship of climate and evolution denialists. It's actually what got me hooked on the former, after keeping up with the latter for so many years. RC has fulfilled its mission of being like my PT for climate science (and SkepticalScience has served admirably in lieu of the TalkOrigins archive's Index for rebutting specific denialist claims). <br /><br />Have you put up something about Wegman's attempted "personal social network analysis?"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15712416782270566112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26682722.post-38667325527701193222014-03-03T16:08:29.125-08:002014-03-03T16:08:29.125-08:00Thanks. I am of the sort of person who really need...Thanks. I am of the sort of person who really needs to speak from expertise. <br /><br />I suppose that is a weakness. There are plenty of grossly ignorant and foolish people perfectly willing to prattle on about the "lie of evilution." But, there is something in my personality that demands that I must be an expert before I comment publicly about science.<br /><br />As you say, the climate denialists are of the same basic ilk as the creationists. I tried some climate discussion today, and was uncomfortable. Gary S. Hurdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08296691454238708856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26682722.post-15566022390474177092014-03-03T16:01:40.641-08:002014-03-03T16:01:40.641-08:00Mr. Hurd, you should not isolate yourself from the...Mr. Hurd, you should not isolate yourself from the climate debate simply because you are not a climate scientist. I'm sure you can contribute a lot by simply pointing out where the rhetorical tropes used by the global warming deniers are parallel to, probably derived from, those used by the evolution deniers. For example, consider how global warming deniers attempt to turn the tables on their detractors and accusing them of being religious zealots, followers of the "Warmist" cult led by the High Priest Al Gore. Do you not think they borrowed this trope from the Creationists, the latter accusing their opponents of being cult followers of Darwin, practitioners of the dark art of "Darwinology," etc.? In short, I think someone of your experience could cast a lot of light on the climate debate.kanspaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15316936362980000924noreply@blogger.com