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Sunday, February 28. 2010

Best video of the year - for intellectual elites only

Smart guys do not tolerate fools or BS, and Lindzen doesn't. How about a Nobel Peace Prize for Prof. Lindzen's lecture videotape? It's long. It's about data vs. models.


Richard Lindzen PhD, the Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Meteorology in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: The Peculiar Issue of Global Warming.


If that link doesn't work (it works for me), try this: http://vmsstreamer1.fnal.gov/VMS_Site_03/Lectures/Colloquium/100210Lindzen/f.htm#

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The Prosecutor's Fallacy
Prof. Lindzen, in his talk at Fermilab which we posted yesterday, refers to the Prosecutor's Fallacy (aka Defender's Fallacy), which refers to a strategy of counting on a jury's inability to understand statistics, and specifically condition
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Good. I may actually have learned something.

I haven't decided whether he should have been a bit more forceful with the guy who basically asked "Well, without AGW/CO2 scares, how else are we going to get people to stop driving SUVs?" Sheesh. There are reasons to cut pollution of various types, try using them instead of making stuff up for press releases.
#1 John A on 2010-02-28 20:48 (Reply)
John, what software are you running? I can't make this video work--I'm using Debian GNU/Linux OS with Iceweasel (which is really FireFox). This is the only video I've come across that balks. Drat, because Lindzen is one of my heroes....
#1.1 Benson on 2010-03-02 01:34 (Reply)
This download does not work for Firefox running on a Mac.
#2 bob aykes on 2010-03-01 08:57 (Reply)
Link is broken. I'm running the latest version of IE, not Firefox. Something's cheesy.
#3 Rick on 2010-03-01 11:58 (Reply)
The reason this thing isn't playing for most people (myself included) is because it needs the (archaic) RealMedia player installed. And it appears this is the only place where the video is stored. I checked all over and everybody directed me to the above link.

To watch it:

1. Go to RealNetworks site, install free version of RealMedia.

2. Fire up the program, Tools Menu, 'Preferences', open up the 'Automatic Services' area and click on 'AutoUpdate'.

3. Click on the "Check for Update now" box, check all of the updates and click the 'Install' button. The video won't play with just a fresh install; it also needs one of these updates.
#4 Dr. Mercury (Link) on 2010-03-02 10:54 (Reply)

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