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Noticed there is a #resistance on twitter from numerous U.S. agencies going 'rogue'. People can be entitled to their own opinion, not their own facts.
Kellyanne Conway's '...alternative facts.' speech should be taken for what it means...lying! And we should be as concerned as we were meant to be
concerned after reading Orwell's portentious 1984, from where the phrase came from originally.
If Truth Justice and the American way means anything anymore then you guys should be more defensive than ever about it.
And if this sounds like meddling from a foreigner in American affairs; well I'll be less concerned when the price of my commodities remains unchanged
after legislation is passed in Washington or someone farts on Wall St. What happens in the States affects us in the English speaking West, and trends
like electing populist conservative ideologies can spread here too. Science is something that should remain thought of as a pinnacle of human
endeavours, it should be defended by our elected representatives, not gagged for being an inconvenient obstacle to profit. Don't let this trend
continue, otherwise we all suffer. Science and knowledge can not be corroded by opinion or politics.
Mods- this might be a topic that sounds a bit off centre from what amateur science does; but these are dark times we are entering. You can forget
about Mars terraforming if science becomes a puppet of politics and popular opinion.
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Quote: Originally posted by Chemetix  |
If Truth Justice and the American way means anything anymore then you guys should be more defensive than ever about it.
And if this sounds like meddling from a foreigner in American affairs; well I'll be less concerned when the price of my commodities remains unchanged
after legislation is passed in Washington or someone farts on Wall St. What happens in the States affects us in the English speaking West, and trends
like electing populist conservative ideologies can spread here too. Science is something that should remain thought of as a pinnacle of human
endeavours, it should be defended by our elected representatives, not gagged for being an inconvenient obstacle to profit. Don't let this trend
continue, otherwise we all suffer. Science and knowledge can not be corroded by opinion or politics.
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I encourage all you foreigners to complain long and loudly. Freeing the slaves, civil rights, and gay marriage were all accelerated by the attitudes
and practices of others.
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Frankly,
Publicly funded science, is for the most part, one big circle jerk.
They heyday of science, especially chemistry, has been through private funding.
I am not saying public funding is bad, because I as a chemist reap its rewards. However, the idea that science is under attack is neither novel nor
realistic. -Its a hyperbolic statement used as talking points for politically motivated groups.
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The new administration is not against science but against EPA department that is in bed with the Democratic Party. This is not a place for politics!
Let's stick to the science as this forum is intended. If you want to go to the protest do so but don't tell me that those who disagree with your
liberal politics is against science. I am sick of liberals thinking that they have a monopoly on science and to shut others who think and believe
differently. If you disagree with climate science does that make you a bigot or "against" science? There is such intolerance among the liberals
against anyone who disagree with their view. Much of the scientific establishment are controlled by radical crazy liberals and most, say 99% of them
belong to the Democratic Party.
Edit: fixed quote formatting
[Edited on 1-27-2017 by zts16]
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Alright jamit, you're entitled to your opinion. We're not going to make you march. But it's ok to have a thread here to help get information to people
who do want to, since it is a science related subject.
[Edited on 1-27-2017 by zts16]
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In other news, the date of the March for Science has been set for Saturday, April 22: https://www.marchforscience.com/
Whatever your political views, I think that you can agree that public policy needs to be based on science and supportive of scientists. (The march is
explicitly nonpartisan in its mission.)
Too bad I'll be inundated with coursework, and studying for finals.
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The EPA doesn't make life any easier for chemists, but their regulations really don't directly affect hobbyists all that much aside from making
chemicals more expensive or harder to obtain. There's a decided political agenda afoot here, though. There's no discussing the merits of EPA policies
or, you know, the continuation of them. Rather, opposition to the EPA is branded "unscientific" without further debate. Stories at CNN that aren't
particularly favorable to proponents of the EPA agenda are now "fake news." And of course, a democratically elected government is "fascism," according
to some propaganda.
I don't mean to suggest that I think that Trump is my #1 choice for the leader of the free world. The problem here is that some EPA scientists will
probably get fired, and it's because they've been pushing a political agenda rather than doing their jobs. That means that in some families, the
cruise to Maui this year will get cut a few days short. Little Suzie won't get her Escalade for her 16th birthday, and Joseph might have to take out
some college loans to pay for a private education. But it should be recognized that this is thinly-veiled partisan politics meant to put money in the
hands of a few.
While I've never had any serious problems with them, I've had to deal with EPA inspectors in the workplace on multiple occasions. Most of them are not
exactly people you'd invite to your birthday party. Some of them treat people like garbage and will dock points on your inspection due to things that
have absolutely nothing to do with the environment--just to show who's boss. One time, an inspector complained about the appearance of a potted plant,
docked a point for it, and made suggestions for remediation. I know people who've lost their jobs over things like $50,000 fines for water runoff from
a parking lot at a rented facility or washing a couple of cars without an oil water separator. Personally, I think firing a few EPA officials might be
a good thing.
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JJay, it sounds like you've had some experiences with a couple bad apples from the EPA. Suggesting that you burn the whole thing to the ground because
some asshole who worked for the EPA fined you for a sad potted plant is like saying we should eliminate law enforcement because one time a cop
ticketed you for going five over in a speed trap. Although some EPA regulations may be unnecessary, many are incredibly important in making sure that
large corporations don't cut corners to save money at the cost of the environment. Get rid of the EPA and before long we'll be as polluted as China.
If the air and water quality deteriorated significantly, I'd consider leaving the country.
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I've never been fined by the EPA, zts16.
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That's beside the point, which you seem to be missing.
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Your "point" is that the EPA is necessary due to some regulations which you haven't specified? You're using cuss words and trying to be intimidating.
You're insinuating that I'm somehow disreputable. C'mon, man. If you want to talk about the science behind it, that's one thing, but this is nothing
but politics and personality. There is no point.
Oh and FYI, the inspector's suggestion for remediation was to cut out the grass growing in the pot around the plant. Seriously. She gets a government
paycheck.
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Using cuss words and trying to be intimidating? Please.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_Air_Act_(United_States)
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Ok... I'm skeptical of the explanation given for the ozone hole.
One paper cited by that page is this one:
https://acd-ext.gsfc.nasa.gov/Documents/O3_Assessments/Docs/...
If you look at the models on page Q.65, there's clearly autocorrelation not reflected by their models. In other words, their models are simply
garbage. That kind of stuff wouldn't survive peer review... not in a decent journal, anyway.
I understand that the kind of people who work at organizations like the EPA aren't necessarily big fans of hard sciences, but this is published by
NASA. It's hardly an unbiased review of the history and science behind the ozone hole, and it has very obvious and definite weaknesses.
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I don't know enough about that particular topic to tell whether or not you're right, but it looks to me like you're cherry-picking one possibly shady
reference on a page with 56 references in an attempt to invalidate the whole thing?
Also, "I understand that the kind of people who work at the EPA aren't necessarily big fans of hard sciences..." is a gross generalization. Really
makes it sound like you're still butthurt about the potted plant.
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Can you be more specific about :
* How you know the details of the model design?
* How a flawed model of future atmospheric evolution undermines the (largely non-computational) understanding of ozone depletion?
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What is occurring now to my postings is malicious deletion censorship that has no legitimate basis.
I posted a link supported reply to another board member, to fact check erroneous statements made by them, including a misattribution to a well known
author, and violated no forum rules. Then I was immediately personally attacked by another member to whom I was not even replying, followed by two
moderators who themselves breached the rules by insulting me, and rather than delete the offensive posts that did violate the board rules, the entire
exchange was sent to detritus.
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It
does have legitimate basis, being as your postings are purely demented, inflammatory propaganda that has no place here. If you want to join JJay in
questioning the necessity of the EPA or the March for Science without invoking "CULTURAL MARXISM" or "FAKE NEWS PROPAGANDA" then by all means do. If
not, please go away.
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| Quote: Originally posted by mayko |
Can you be more specific about :
* How you know the details of the model design?
* How a flawed model of future atmospheric evolution undermines the (largely non-computational) understanding of ozone depletion?
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They didn't put the details of their model design in their paper, but the flaws are obvious. They should be willing to share their data and details of
their methodology. I would hope they would at least have good data; if we can't trust the data... we have to be able to trust the data.
Non-computational? I'm not claiming to be an expert on the hole in the ozone layer (or a rocket scientist). I mean... I don't know... maybe CFCs
really are a problem. Or maybe not, but I definitely wouldn't put any stock in the projections in that paper.
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| Quote: Originally posted by zts16 | | It
does have legitimate basis, being as your postings are purely demented, inflammatory propaganda that has no place here. If you want to join JJay in
questioning the necessity of the EPA or the March for Science without invoking "CULTURAL MARXISM" or "FAKE NEWS PROPAGANDA" then by all means do. If
not, please go away. |
The threshhold for what is regarded as "inflammatory propaganda" is an event horizon that exists at the boundary for the safe zone claimed by any and
every "precious snowflake" who takes offense at any truth absent a sugar coating or complete denial provided by what they believe is political
correctness.
Now i challenged such "scientific masterminds" to join the discussion of a structural anomaly in the DDNP thread...and that challenge was deleted also
....no doubt because that is where the rubber meets the road and this little mind game ends.
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| Quote: Originally posted by Metacelsus | In other news, the date of the March for Science has been set for Saturday, April 22: https://www.marchforscience.com/
Whatever your political views, I think that you can agree that public policy needs to be based on science and supportive of scientists. (The march is
explicitly nonpartisan in its mission.)
Too bad I'll be inundated with coursework, and studying for finals.
[Edited on 2-2-2017 by Metacelsus] |
Metacelsus, you should go and look at the guys on the board for the science march. They are all democrats or/and independent (with liberal leanings).
This forum began with "science in danger". there is no danger to science because of what Trump did. The scientific community has been "hijaccked"
by the secular liberals and anyone who disagrees with them are demonized. You are free to march, but the people who run these organization are
partisan and have a hidden agenda. Believe me, if I spoke up like this in my science class I would be demonized. In fact that's what happened in one
of my classes... professor and students who disagree with me called me anti-science. You have no idea what people on the other side face, do you?
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| Quote: Originally posted by zts16 | I don't know enough about that particular topic to tell whether or not you're right, but it looks to me like you're cherry-picking one possibly shady
reference on a page with 56 references in an attempt to invalidate the whole thing?
Also, "I understand that the kind of people who work at the EPA aren't necessarily big fans of hard sciences..." is a gross generalization. Really
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I didn't really have time to cherry pick.
Butthurt? Pfft... I thought it was funny at the time, but I don't think the majority of taxpayers would support her position given a choice. She might
have been butthurt that I didn't accept her LinkedIn request... IDK.
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Then on what possible basis do you claim that they accounted for autocorrelation improperly?
| Quote: | | but the flaws are obvious. |
Maybe it's obvious to the mentally healthy such as yourself, but remember, I'm !!!craaaAAAAAAaaaaaAAAaaazy!!!, and so are others on this board. Please, walk through it in baby steps so I can wrap my silly li'l head around
it.
| Quote: | | Non-computational? I'm not claiming to be an expert on the hole in the ozone layer (or a rocket scientist). I mean... I don't know... maybe CFCs
really are a problem. Or maybe not, but I definitely wouldn't put any stock in the projections in that paper. |
There are plenty of computational studies on ozone scenarios which have passed peer review, so clinging to this particular figure in a policymaker's
summary in a single report comes off as somewhat desperate. Here's an especially stark example:
Garcia, R. R., Kinnison, D. E., & Marsh, D. R. (2012). “World avoided” simulations with the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model. Journal
of Geophysical Research, 117(D23), D23303. http://doi.org/10.1029/2012JD018430
The original research on the subject was done without the benefit of modern supercomputer clusters or GCMs. It not only passed peer review, but won
the 1995 Nobel prize.
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Public policy is established by well considered constitutional law, the primary aim of which is to preserve the republic that protects the liberty,
property, welfare and security generally of the citizens. Certainly science is one of the important things considered but it would be incorrect to say
that the basis for public policy necessarily needs to be only science. That would be like saying the basis for agriculture needs to be growing corn
for ethanol blended gasoline, and never mind that people and animals need also to eat. Earth Day is something like a pagan "holy day" for a false
"new age" religion that is a cult worship of environmentalism, with a disproportionate minimal emphasis on feasibility and economic practicality and
engineering ....where it seems rational actors are not found in abundance, but radicals and activists who are experts at nothing but making demands
are plentiful.
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| Quote: Originally posted by mayko |
Then on what possible basis do you claim that they accounted for autocorrelation improperly?
| Quote: | | but the flaws are obvious. |
Maybe it's obvious to the mentally healthy such as yourself, but remember, I'm !!!craaaAAAAAAaaaaaAAAaaazy!!!, and so are others on this board. Please, walk through it in baby steps so I can wrap my silly li'l head around
it.
| Quote: | | Non-computational? I'm not claiming to be an expert on the hole in the ozone layer (or a rocket scientist). I mean... I don't know... maybe CFCs
really are a problem. Or maybe not, but I definitely wouldn't put any stock in the projections in that paper. |
There are plenty of computational studies on ozone scenarios which have passed peer review, so clinging to this particular figure in a policymaker's
summary in a single report comes off as somewhat desperate. Here's an especially stark example:
Garcia, R. R., Kinnison, D. E., & Marsh, D. R. (2012). “World avoided” simulations with the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model. Journal
of Geophysical Research, 117(D23), D23303. http://doi.org/10.1029/2012JD018430
The original research on the subject was done without the benefit of modern supercomputer clusters or GCMs. It not only passed peer review, but won
the 1995 Nobel prize.
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Well, which research was government funded?
Implying that I'm "desperate" is a disreputable tactic that really doesn't help your argument. I don't have a horse in this game, but don't mistake my
moderate persuasion for lack of principle. You should have better manners, especially if you need me to explain a basic statistical concept like
autocorrelation.
That's not exactly a great paper. They took a model developed by someone else and compared simulations run on it to other simulations run on it.
That's not science.
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Both were.
| Quote: | | especially if you need me to explain a basic statistical concept like autocorrelation. |
I understand the concept of autocorrelation; thanks for asking. What I don't understand is why you think the mere existence of autocorrelation* is
some sort of deal-killer for modeling and analysis. If it were, what would be the point of developing autocorrelation functions like ARMA(n)?
Your claim, if you will recall, is that the model in question did not account for autocorrelation adequately. Support it or retract it.
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That's not exactly a great paper. They took a model developed by someone else and compared simulations run on it to other simulations run on it.
That's not science.
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Yes it is, and this is nothing more than goal-post moving from your original claim of unpublishability.
*Since you're whinging about the base data being unavailable, I have to wonder: how do you know there's substantial autocorrelation? Just by looking
at the graph? The Eyeball Test is not a valid statistical method! I only let you slide here because most geophysical and geochemical data show
autocorrelation to some degree.
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