The Sky is Falling or on Revising the Nine Times Rule (Part I of V)

Icecap.us ^ | February 28, 2008 | William F. McClenney

[CedarDave]

When I first heard it, I believed it. It made sense. I could see it easily and clearly. And that was a long, long time ago. It seemed counterintuitive that anyone could or would not believe it. It was that seminal. HomoSapiens would cause the earth to warm, we now call it the Greenhouse Gas theory, and it is now a law (at least in California).

But it was just a few years ago as the real hype got going that I had my first cause to question the legality of what would soon be a law. And it happened in the oddest of ways. That occasioned a journey that took me from realization to epiphany to more realizations until I finally got it.

I will take you on that journey, if you think you can handle it. But be well advised that due to the Nine Times Rule there is only an 11.1% chance you will be able to follow me. In an advanced Psychology course taken some 30 years ago I learned that the human being is nine times more susceptible to rumor than it is to fact. That simple rule explains a dramatic amount of human behavior.

So if you want to take the journey I did, brace yourself well. My religion is geology, and this journey is the ultimate heresy. If you make it all the way to the end, and understand it all, you will be amongst a very rare breed, those that made the cut on the Nine Times Rule. And you will know how this fundamental rule has been revised ... Because this journey I took, and that you may take, started out about climate change and ended up somewhere else entirely. It ended up as part of the theory of everything.

[CedarDave]

Icecap comment:

What follows is a five part series submitted for our evaluation by William F. McClenney, Professional Geologist #4430 (CA) who changed sides during his multi-year, painstaking research into all aspects of anthropogenic versus natural causes of climate changes. In his own words “The results of this research are startling. Not only can I safely state that the chances of AGW occurring due to greenhouse gases (GHG) is remote at best, and if it did occur might very well be the first time in the geologic record, but that GHG theorists are simply on the wrong side of the decimal point in this debate.” You may not agree with everything he says. I didn’t. But it is overall very insightful, interesting and provocative.

[CedarDave]

Global warming PING!

(Posting of subsequent parts coming up)

[the invisib1e hand]

can you just cut to the chase on this one?

[newheart]

If we all get together and Hope real hard we can stop this global warming thing.

Didn't work at Woodstock and won't work now. At least at Woodstock the rain was real.

[steelyourfaith]

 

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• Part I ...,. Documentaries
• Part II .............. Lectures
• Part III .............. Debates
• Part IV ..... Short Videos
• Part V ................ Humor

[CedarDave]

Can you just cut to the chase on this one?

That would spoil the fun! It's like a long mystery story. Stay tuned, or just skip to Part V, up in a few minutes.

[rockinqsranch]

“We have also seen how carbon dioxide was a spectator at these events and not the agent provocateur some would have us believe.”

Often wondered how a result could be a cause.

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[NonValueAdded]

Bookmark bump -— I’ll come back and read it :)

[palmer]

The author is mostly wrong in his facts and analysis, but concludes correctly that man-made CO2 is not a problem.

[dinasour]

Part IV is hilarious.

http://icecap.us/images/uploads/McClenneyPart_IV.pdf

The author has got to be a FReeper.

[CedarDave]

The author is mostly wrong in his facts and analysis, but concludes correctly that man-made CO2 is not a problem.

His conclusions should be supported by facts and analysis. Would you care to provide specifics of your concerns?

[CedarDave]

Link to other four articles:

Part II: The Sky is Falling or on Revising the Nine Times Rule (Part II of V)

Part III: The Sky is Falling or on Revising the Nine Times Rule (Part III of V)

Part IV: The Sky is Falling or on Revising the Nine Times Rule (Part IV of V)

Part V: The Sky is Falling or on Revising the Nine Times Rule (Part V of V)

[CedarDave]

I just saw your analysis and link in a comment in response to Part V. You and swordmaker make valid points. I’m certainly hesitant to recommend his essays with the scientific issues pointed out and was considering asking that they be pulled.

However, with the above comments noted, they do provide a basis for discussion and I will make a link to your concerns in the other parts.

[Swordmaker]

You and swordmaker make valid points. I’m certainly hesitant to recommend his essays with the scientific issues pointed out and was considering asking that they be pulled.

However, with the above comments noted, they do provide a basis for discussion and I will make a link to your concerns in the other parts.

What Palmer and I are pointing out is that even if he is right in some things the failings of his other statements damage the value of those where he is right and causes those who recognize the errors to discount everything he says. It's sad... just a little effort on Google could have made this much better.

It does give a starting point for discussion.

[CedarDave]

What Palmer and I are pointing out is that even if he is right in some things the failings of his other statements damage the value of those where he is right and causes those who recognize the errors to discount everything he says. It's sad... just a little effort on Google could have made this much better.

Exactly my thinking; not being correct in facts that can be checked will cause his conclusions to be questioned irrespective of their validity.

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

1. The Sky is Falling or on Revising the Nine Times Rule (Part I of V)
2. The Sky is Falling or on Revising the Nine Times Rule (Part II of V)
3. The Sky is Falling or on Revising the Nine Times Rule (Part III of V)
4. The Sky is Falling or on Revising the Nine Times Rule (Part IV of V)
5. The Sky is Falling or on Revising the Nine Times Rule (Part V of V)