The Vic Skeptics were honoured to have Professor Peter Doherty, scientist, author and Nobel prize winner deliver a talk at one of our regular ‘Third Monday’ events. Peter Doherty spoke on Skepticism, Denial and Ignorance: There is a Difference in March 2013. I should, of course, extend a kind thanks to Adam Ford for producing the video and allowing it to be posted here. Read the rest of this entry »
Ian Enting talk
23 November, 2010Ian Enting drew quite a crowd on the 15th of November at La Notte.
Here is the abstract of Ian’s talk:
The science of climate change has come under public attack through what has been described as asymmetric warfare. Public communication has been flooded with a deluge of misinformation. In parallel there have been attempts to distract, intimidate and gag climate scientists. In 2009 Ian Plimer’s book, Heaven + Earth – Global Warming: The Missing Science, claimed to demolish the theory of human-induced global warming due to the release of CO2 and other greenhouse gases. A careful reading of Heaven + Earth reveals extensive examples of fabricating numbers, distorted and misattributed graphics, misrepresentation of the content of cited references and a sprinkling of plagiarism. In spite of its blatant flaws Heaven + Earth has gained considerable political traction in Australia.
The talk was quite an eye-opener. Ian has done a huge amount of work tracking down the mathematical distortions of those arguing climate change is not man-made. Ian has kindly made his presentation slides available in PDF form for those that wish to look back through them.
Ian’s home page can be found here.
Mal.
Vic Skeptics on TV, ABC Insiders
26 February, 2010Terry, Jason & Elliot
Congratulations on your all too brief appearance. You represented Skepticism well, with not a beard or a beer gut in sight!
Ken