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The main purpose of this channel is to explain in simple terms the conclusions of scientific research, and correct some of the unsourced crap we get fed on the Internet.
Most of the videos debunk creationist and religious claims. Every year the coveted "Golden Crocoduck" is awarded to the most outrageous piece of bullshit spouted in pursuit of the creationist cause, and most of the debunking videos feature Golden Crocoduck nominees. Voting is in October and is open to everyone, so join the thousands who now regularly vote for their favorite mendacious preacher. There are two main playlists. The "Made Easy" series explains how we got here, from the Big Bang to the human migration out of Africa. The Climate Change series explains how greenhouse gases work, looks at alternative theories to climate change, and debunks the huge number of urban myths that are zipping round the Internet.
UPDATE: Anthony Watts has agreed to give me space for a rebuttal to Monckton on wattsupwiththat (His guest post is here http://wattsupwiththat.com/... ) -- short of what I requested, which was the same guest-post platform, but certainly better than being stuck in the comments section where Monckton refuses to debate me. My rebuttal will be announced on WUWT and a link given. I hope enough people are interested in seeing Monckton rebutted to link to it. Watts also says he will put my response side by side with Monckton's original guest post, which is very good news. For the first time, WUWT readers will have the chance to see a point by point rebuttal of Monckton's claims, complete with actual quotes and citations of Monckton's own sources. I hope Mr. Watts will allow this to continue into a full debate over the coming months. So far Mr. Monckton has shown a remarkable reluctance to answer questions I put to him in the comments section of his WUWT response.
Most of the videos debunk creationist and religious claims. Every year the coveted "Golden Crocoduck" is awarded to the most outrageous piece of bullshit spouted in pursuit of the creationist cause, and most of the debunking videos feature Golden Crocoduck nominees. Voting is in October and is open to everyone, so join the thousands who now regularly vote for their favorite mendacious preacher. There are two main playlists. The "Made Easy" series explains how we got here, from the Big Bang to the human migration out of Africa. The Climate Change series explains how greenhouse gases work, looks at alternative theories to climate change, and debunks the huge number of urban myths that are zipping round the Internet.
UPDATE: Anthony Watts has agreed to give me space for a rebuttal to Monckton on wattsupwiththat (His guest post is here http://wattsupwiththat.com/... ) -- short of what I requested, which was the same guest-post platform, but certainly better than being stuck in the comments section where Monckton refuses to debate me. My rebuttal will be announced on WUWT and a link given. I hope enough people are interested in seeing Monckton rebutted to link to it. Watts also says he will put my response side by side with Monckton's original guest post, which is very good news. For the first time, WUWT readers will have the chance to see a point by point rebuttal of Monckton's claims, complete with actual quotes and citations of Monckton's own sources. I hope Mr. Watts will allow this to continue into a full debate over the coming months. So far Mr. Monckton has shown a remarkable reluctance to answer questions I put to him in the comments section of his WUWT response.
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POSTING: Anyone is free to post on the fora, and ALL views are welcome. You won't find that on most fundamentalist channels, but I have nothing to fear from open discussion or criticism. However, my tolerance has been abused by people whose sole object is to disrupt the channel, so reluctantly I have now had to ban three people from participating. Just so you can't say you weren't warned, here are my criteria for banning:
1) Advertisements. My channel is not a free billboard.
2) Plagiarism. If you copy and paste someone else's work, don't pretend that the writing is yours. Put it in quotation marks and give the author credit. Hard to believe, but the fundamentalists who have done this cannot understand when I explain that what they are doing is deceitful and intellectually shallow. If you understand so little, don't just cheat and copy from someone else. Learn some facts, then use your own arguments. 3) Spam. I know it's fun to disrupt the fora by copying and pasting huge chunks of text again and again. Going back over a point you made earlier is fine, but mindlessly spamming the same post repeatedly will no longer be tolerated.
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Now, this claim is based on HadCrut3, from the Hadley centre and CRU, who were at the centre of climategate. I'm surprised you base your beliefs on their data. Why not NASA's GISTEMP, which shows continuing warming?
So, how is a real skeptic to pick between these sources? I went and looked at the data. Here are some numbers which might help: For their December 2005 temperature, HadCrut3 was based on readings from 1451 weather stations and covered 65% of the land surface. GISTEMP was based on ~2800 weather stations and covered 99% of the land surface. HadCrut3 coverage continues to decline.
The new Berkeley Earth dataset, which used 15,000 stations in that month, shows the fastest warming of all.
What is global warming?
"The supposed 'consensus' on man-made global warming is facing an inconvenient challenge after the release of new temperature data showing the planet has not warmed for the past 15 years.
The figures suggest that we could even be heading for a mini ice age to rival the 70-year temperature drop that saw frost fairs held on the Thames in the 17th Century.
Based on readings from more than 30,000 measuring stations, the data was issued last week without fanfare by the Met Office and the University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit. It confirms that the rising trend in world temperatures ended in 1997."
"Did you know that 96% of Scientist DON'T believe in Global Warming? You might be surprised to hear this if all you listen to is the mainstream press. Every time you hear a story on global warming you hear the phrase "almost all scientists agree" or "97% of scientist believe in global warming." Last year a study came out saying 97% of scientists believe in climate change, but almost the exact opposite is true.
The study in question surveyed 1,372 known working climate researchers. and found 97% of them still believe in global warming. I think this pool is tainted because these are scientist who get paid to study "Global Warming" which is a conflict of interest. That's like asking PETA members if they're vegetarian, but regardless we will use their number.
So let's do the math 97% of 1,372 is 1,330 who still believe in global warming compared to 31,487 who don't. That's only 1 out 24 or 4% of scientists who still believe in global warming."