tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post6909413246363031057..comments2024-03-04T05:55:35.225-05:00Comments on Vital Remnants: Richard Day gets it wrong again on the state's science standardsMartin Cothranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16452612266051351726noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-33895945696342744562013-07-11T16:26:49.267-04:002013-07-11T16:26:49.267-04:00Retroductive inference?
Damn! Now I'm going t...Retroductive inference?<br /><br />Damn! Now I'm going to have to look that up. : )<br /><br />Climate issues may be fashionable, but I suspect much more is at work than that. I'm convinced that humans have impacted the planet Beyond that, I'm not the guy to say how or how much.<br /><br />I am, however, beginning to form a "wobbly wheel theory of weather" given what we'Richard Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586435007687942849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-54140338930341402022013-07-11T13:19:41.410-04:002013-07-11T13:19:41.410-04:00Richard,
Okay, I get it on the Posterior Analytic...Richard,<br /><br />Okay, I get it on the Posterior Analytic quote. He's just saying that scientific reasoning determines the what not the why (the latter is supplied by philosophy). <br /><br />However, I guess my point is that I was not trying to establish the why, only the what. Why there is such a stress on climate topics probably has to do with the fact that that's a fashionable Martin Cothranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16452612266051351726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-65455056652287515342013-07-11T06:26:39.959-04:002013-07-11T06:26:39.959-04:00I've done a quick analysis of another famous d...I've done a quick analysis of another famous document using Martin's pateneted technique of textual analysis, just to illustrate the point being made here:<br /><br />Marx' and Engels' 'Manifesto of the Communist Party' from 1848 turns out to be a 'Bourgeois Manifesto'!<br /><br />The words 'bourgeoisie' and 'bourgeois' appear a combined 303 times Singringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02180277470418724600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-60100128168845863082013-07-11T06:24:53.536-04:002013-07-11T06:24:53.536-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Singringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02180277470418724600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-79004130603183912802013-07-10T17:58:36.541-04:002013-07-10T17:58:36.541-04:00First, I posted Grigg’s question about whether you...First, I posted Grigg’s question about whether you were looking at the correct document. Griggs can defend Griggs. I haven’t read either the Kentucky or the National documents and don’t plan to. Our science folks all over the state are doing that. <br /><br />My criticism was limited to your publishing conclusive statements from a word count methodology.<br /><br />Clearly, my attempt to do so Richard Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586435007687942849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-72943395254345100102013-07-10T11:29:54.206-04:002013-07-10T11:29:54.206-04:00Ah, yes, climate change DENIERS...sounds kind of t...Ah, yes, climate change DENIERS...sounds kind of theological, doesn't it? Actually, Singring, the odds are greater that the US will once again have to save Europe from destroying itself than that we will ever learn anything from the European "precautionary principle in how we operate as a civilization." That 20th century European civilization was a sight to behold, wasn't it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-67981926200566502422013-07-10T04:02:17.987-04:002013-07-10T04:02:17.987-04:00'Anonymous:
'Evolution is still a scienti...'Anonymous:<br /><br />'Evolution is still a scientific theory, right? So why should we transform economies based upon a weaker (much) theory than man made global warming?'<br /><br />Thank you very much for illustrating exactly why the US could do with better and more evolution and climate change focused science standards.<br /><br />As long as there's people like you who can'Singringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02180277470418724600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-65259912325127891512013-07-10T03:59:50.459-04:002013-07-10T03:59:50.459-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Singringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02180277470418724600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-40072097144796044412013-07-10T03:52:44.521-04:002013-07-10T03:52:44.521-04:00Martin:
'Oh, you want to see the document? Wh...Martin:<br /><br />'Oh, you want to see the document? Why do you need to see the document?'<br /><br />So in other words you don't want to link to it. Why not? <br /><br />'Why would you need to see it if you criticize my reading of it without ever having seen it yourself?'<br /><br />I criticize the very idea of judging a text by word count alone and calling it a 'Singringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02180277470418724600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-37335379127935179752013-07-09T20:55:00.502-04:002013-07-09T20:55:00.502-04:00And ultimately facts and evidence are merely in th...And ultimately facts and evidence are merely in the service of a keening wounded hatred at the giveness of being, which thoroughly blinds them to their capture by religious symbols. <br /><br />http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2013/on-the-alternative-to-humanity.html<br /><br />"Now it is in the nature of all government to wish to enlarge its sphere continuously. It is therefore very martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15385743864852028137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-10748915136895342032013-07-09T20:31:39.826-04:002013-07-09T20:31:39.826-04:00We're dealing with minds ruined by liberalism ...We're dealing with minds ruined by liberalism dominated institutions that have self selected over time into monstrous groupthink.<br /><br />State based culture war, Pat Fagan: Mono-gamy v Poly-gamy <br />http://downloads.frc.org/EF/EF09H36.pdf<br /><br />"*The laws of the culture of monogamy<br />protect by forbidding—outlawing—<br />certain actions. The culture of<br />polyamory martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15385743864852028137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-1734740184874537092013-07-09T19:40:00.834-04:002013-07-09T19:40:00.834-04:00Evolution is still a scientific theory, right? So ...Evolution is still a scientific theory, right? So why should we transform economies based upon a weaker (much) theory than man made global warming? Answer: Because Singring says so. His paycheck probably depends upon it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-15063069747439563782013-07-09T19:34:15.627-04:002013-07-09T19:34:15.627-04:00Singring,
Oh, you want to see the document? Why d...Singring,<br /><br />Oh, you want to see the document? Why do you need to see the document? Why would you need to see it if you criticize my reading of it without ever having seen it yourself?Martin Cothranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16452612266051351726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-65575201026067197872013-07-09T17:29:24.702-04:002013-07-09T17:29:24.702-04:00'I fully admit it's not "definitive.&...'I fully admit it's not "definitive." I admit the possibility that I could be wrong.'<br /><br />But it was enough for you to call it a 'global warming manifesto'!?<br /><br />'All someone like Day would have to do is to go to the document and read it and come back with some kind of textual proof that what I said was an incorrect characterization of the text.'Singringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02180277470418724600noreply@blogger.com