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Saturday, March 10. 2007

The Swindle: Complete Documentary Here

Thanks to our Harvard physicist pal Lubos for linking the entire movie of The Great Global Warming Swindle.  So many fine folks who help with the labor on Maggie's Farm - it's a blessing.

I don't know what to watch first, 300 or the Swindle. OK, I am off duty for the evening.

As a counterpoint, how is this for shrill panic-mongering?

Update: OK, I watched the whole thing. Quite engaging. They have some real heavyweights in it. What is most striking is how much money is at stake in promoting the warming scare. And yes, it's all about Mr. Sun and his spots.

The movie does need to be seen, to balance the debate. Send it around. Riehl has some good comments and summary of the points. The big problem is that people are not properly educated in science or scientific thinking, so they are prone to believing anything. The only proper attitude towards research is skepticism. Interest, but skepticism. And never trust "truth" in the world of science, because "truth" does not exist in that world.

In science, facts and theories can be "falsifiable," but Truth is always elusive. This is why most scientists are humble.

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I was planning to be the first on my block to view 300 -- am still wicked glad it's out there -- but then remembered that I despise CGI battle movies. I think it's a girl thing.
#1 Sissy Willis (Link) on 2007-03-10 20:19 (Reply)
I do too. CGI ruined The Battle of Fredericksburg segment of "Gods and Generals". But "300" is i think supposed to be a little hallucinatory. You know, beyond real.
#2 buddy larsen on 2007-03-10 22:40 (Reply)
Yes, look at the clips at Hot Air which we linked. It has a comic book quality which I think is deliberate.
#3 BD on 2007-03-11 08:02 (Reply)
I've written about my appreciation for the movie here, and gotten some pretty heavy flack about a similar article that I posted here.

It is a very good movie, but it's getting its share of ad hominem attacks (in other words, no one has really yet debated with me the truths or mistruths in the movie.)
#4 Frank Staheli (Link) on 2007-03-15 11:23 (Reply)

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