[FairfieldLife] Re: What's more scary?

2008-10-07 Thread Hugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But thanks for bringing it up because it emphasizes my point: global warming is all conjecture into the future and no one knows what the hell will happen Not true, the computer models of our climate predict

[FairfieldLife] Re: What's more scary?

2008-10-07 Thread Hugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: shempmcgurk wrote: Vaj, why couldn't there be a third possibility, such as THAT NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN? Why is it that the only

[FairfieldLife] Re: What's more scary?

2008-10-06 Thread Hugo
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: . As for the global warming thing, I am disappointed that Palin even SLIGHTLY acknowledged that ANY global warming was man-made. Catastrophic man-made global warming is a myth, it is completely an unfounded

[FairfieldLife] Re: What's more scary?

2008-10-06 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: . As for the global warming thing, I am disappointed that Palin even SLIGHTLY acknowledged that ANY global warming was man-made. Catastrophic

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What's more scary?

2008-10-06 Thread Vaj
On Oct 6, 2008, at 11:46 AM, shempmcgurk wrote: But if you're referring to my stance on catastrophic man-made global warming, I can't be accused of it being a kooky belief because I'm not the one with the belief: the Al Gore's of the world are! The ones with the kooky beliefs are the ones

[FairfieldLife] Re: What's more scary?

2008-10-06 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 6, 2008, at 11:46 AM, shempmcgurk wrote: But if you're referring to my stance on catastrophic man-made global warming, I can't be accused of it being a kooky belief because I'm not the one with the belief: the

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What's more scary?

2008-10-06 Thread Vaj
On Oct 6, 2008, at 12:06 PM, shempmcgurk wrote: Yes, I remember what you geniuses were saying back then about global warming: http://tinyurl.com/3xfoak Didn't quite work out as you predicted, did it? It's like when a witness who has changed his testimony appears in court and is inevitably

[FairfieldLife] Re: What's more scary?

2008-10-06 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 6, 2008, at 12:06 PM, shempmcgurk wrote: Yes, I remember what you geniuses were saying back then about global warming: http://tinyurl.com/3xfoak Didn't quite work out as you predicted, did it? It's

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What's more scary?

2008-10-06 Thread Bhairitu
shempmcgurk wrote: Vaj, why couldn't there be a third possibility, such as THAT NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN? Why is it that the only possibilities had to be something catastrophic? And to now say, as you do, that the two possibilities were the two extremes -- extreme hot or extreme cold -- my

[FairfieldLife] Re: What's more scary?

2008-10-06 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] Well, you can't postulate two wildly opposite outcomes and claim it to be science. Actually, you can postulate an infinite number of wildly different outcomes and claim it to be science. Ever heard of Quantum

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What's more scary?

2008-10-06 Thread Vaj
On Oct 6, 2008, at 4:41 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] Well, you can't postulate two wildly opposite outcomes and claim it to be science. Actually, you can postulate an infinite number of wildly different outcomes

[FairfieldLife] Re: What's more scary?

2008-10-06 Thread sparaig
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 6, 2008, at 4:41 PM, sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: [...] Well, you can't postulate two wildly opposite outcomes and claim it to be science.

[FairfieldLife] Re: What's more scary?

2008-10-06 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: shempmcgurk wrote: Vaj, why couldn't there be a third possibility, such as THAT NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN? Why is it that the only possibilities had to be something catastrophic? And to now say, as you do, that

[FairfieldLife] Re: What's more scary?

2008-10-06 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: [...] Well, you can't postulate two wildly opposite outcomes and claim it to be science. Actually, you can postulate an infinite number of

[FairfieldLife] Re: What's more scary?

2008-10-05 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sarah Palin believing that dinosaurs roamed the earth with humans 4,000 years ago (or whatever it is that she allegedly believes that everyone is up in arms about)... ...or... Believing that Jesus dying and

[FairfieldLife] Re: What's more scary?

2008-10-05 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: Sarah Palin believing that dinosaurs roamed the earth with humans 4,000 years ago (or whatever it is that she allegedly believes that

[FairfieldLife] Re: What's more scary?

2008-10-05 Thread curtisdeltablues
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: Sarah Palin believing that dinosaurs roamed the earth with humans 4,000 years ago (or whatever it is that she allegedly believes that

[FairfieldLife] Re: What's more scary?

2008-10-05 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk shempmcgurk@ wrote: Sarah Palin believing that dinosaurs roamed the earth with humans

[FairfieldLife] Re: What's more scary?

2008-10-05 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, curtisdeltablues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Palin furthered our understanding about how her scientific mind works by twice asserting that she wasn't interested in discussing the causes of global warming, just git'n in thar an fix'n it all up. Palin's

[FairfieldLife] Re: What's more scary?

2008-10-05 Thread curtisdeltablues
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/07/12/bush_bad_science/ I was referring to this. A president who does not understand how science works or even general principles of epistemology work causes other problems. His understanding about what would constitute good evidence of the situation in pre-war

[FairfieldLife] Re: What's more scary?

2008-10-05 Thread shempmcgurk
But, Curtis, we were talking about nutcase-fundamentalism and its influence on the presidency and science...although I didn't read the entire article you linked to, the scientists' complaints were about things like mining techniques and endangered species, things that weren't so much

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: What's more scary?

2008-10-05 Thread Sal Sunshine
On Oct 5, 2008, at 2:02 PM, shempmcgurk wrote: Hey, hey, AGJ, how many babies have you killed today? This should be yelled from every rooftop in America. So yell it , shemp, and see what happens...I'm sure you can get special permission from the hospital staff at Bellevue to spend a few

[FairfieldLife] Re: What's more scary?

2008-10-05 Thread shempmcgurk
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 5, 2008, at 2:02 PM, shempmcgurk wrote: Hey, hey, AGJ, how many babies have you killed today? This should be yelled from every rooftop in America. So yell it , shemp, and see what happens...I'm sure

[FairfieldLife] Re: What's more scary?

2008-10-05 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As for the global warming thing, I am disappointed that Palin even SLIGHTLY acknowledged that ANY global warming was man-made. Catastrophic man-made global warming is a myth, it is completely an unfounded scientific

[FairfieldLife] Re: What's more scary?

2008-10-05 Thread shempmcgurk
Bush and Cheney are on YOUR side now on the global warming question, new.morning. So it is YOU on the side of fanatics and cult- worshipping nonsense. I am on the side of science and reason. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In

[FairfieldLife] Re: What's more scary?

2008-10-05 Thread new . morning
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, shempmcgurk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bush and Cheney are on YOUR side now on the global warming question, new.morning. So it is YOU on the side of fanatics and cult- worshipping nonsense. I am on the side of science and reason. Pre-Aristotle science?