On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 05:03:16PM +1100, Andrew McGlashan wrote:
On 12/01/2013 4:29 PM, Craig Sanders wrote:
the following relevant excerpt from the Bad Astronomy blog may help you understand:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/01/02/perihelion_earth_is_clos...
I've read that post before, and many similar
i doubt that very much (see below).
, nothing changes for me.
that i have no doubt about.
Did you read that I didn't want to debate this matter?
then stop pushing your idiotic opinions. YES, you have a right to hold whatever opinion you like, no matter how cretinous. NO, you do not have a right to utter them and expect to be immune from being challenged about them.
I do not take as gospel truth the information provided by such (web)sites;
here's the source of my doubt: "such (web)sites" it's blindingly obvious that you did not even read the page. or anything on the site. (and, i'd wager, any scientific information on any web site - or printed books or journals either for that matter) the Bad Astronomy site is not, as you assume, a climate science blog, or a global warming propaganda site. it's an astronomy site that just happened to have a post about the perihelion (a topic which is very relevant to the discipline of astronomy), which had a pretty good layman's explanation of what it is and why it doesn't have much effect on the earth's temperature.
particularly such sites that so strongly advocate a cause or belief
BA doesn't strongly advocate a cause or belief - expect perhaps that astronomy in particular (and science in general) is cool and interesting, and that photoastronomy can result in spectacularly beautiful and informative images.
which I personally and strongly believe to be false.
the trouble with faith-based reality is not only that wearing blinders a fucking stupid thing to do, it's also flat out wrong - and easily proved so. feel free to enjoy your delusions in private - but, as i said, don't expect to get away with expressing your idiotic beliefs in public without being challenged on them. craig -- craig sanders <cas@taz.net.au> BOFH excuse #307: emissions from GSM-phones