Trailer: Thin Ice – A Scientist Videographer tours the Climate Issue

June 11, 2014

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9 Responses to “Trailer: Thin Ice – A Scientist Videographer tours the Climate Issue”

MorinMoss Says:

June 12, 2014 at 2:38 am
Will there be a Monckton interview? That won’t go well.

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John Christian Lønningdal Says:

June 12, 2014 at 4:20 am
The Thin Ice documentary has been around for some time and had numbers of free viewings. Its a very nice look into the life of climate scientists. And ofc starkly contrasts the odd view some are trying to spread about they scheming and plotting to deceive the public (which is exactly what some denier think tanks are doing).

http://thiniceclimate.org/

Those who deny science either must have sucked really bad at school and got bad grades, or just have an exceptionally low IQ and prefer to live in fairytale land.

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- Jim Housman Says:
  
  June 12, 2014 at 11:46 am
  Its very dangerous to relegate adversaries to the ranks of “low IQ”. The people running and funding the Heartland Institute and Americans for Progress are very smart indeed. They know exactly what they are doing and why. They are very aware of what works to forward their agenda and what doesn’t and they LEARN.
  
  They are potent adversaries and deserve respect, if only at that level.
  
  Their weaknesses are their values and the fact that Mother Nature is playing against them.
  
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  - John Christian Lønningdal Says:
    
    June 13, 2014 at 7:33 am
    Yes, certainly – and that is why we have a difference in court systems between acting on intent and those who have been mislead. People who commit crimes on intent very aware of what they are doing and so are those who deliberately avoid understanding the science and fabricate their own to suit their own needs. The people being misled are usually not very good at critical thinking and are therefore easy targets to the anti-science campaigns. These are often the voters who put these criminals into power and have signs of very low IQ.
    
    There are studies showing that more educated people are often motivated by other things than making more money, but rather skillfulness, mastering and other goals. This is probably why a lot of educated people often care more about environment too – as its not necessary financial gain that motivates them, but a more altruistic idea about conservation and benefit to all. In other words more left in politics… which again is why all those who deny AGW will always say this is a leftist hoax with a political agenda. And to draw those conclusions you have to have which IQ again?
    
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dumboldguy Says:

June 12, 2014 at 8:00 am
I hope the actual piece moves along faster than this trailer, which said little for the first minute and spent a lot of time on credits. They need lessons from Peter on how it’s done with “vigor”.

And “Con-TRAH-ver-see”? Lord love a duck, but that’s NOT going to be understood by “midwesterners”.

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- Engineer-Poet Says:
  
  June 13, 2014 at 12:58 am
  “Two countries, divided by a common language.”
  
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- John Christian Lønningdal Says:
  
  June 13, 2014 at 7:39 am
  If gaining knowledge stops at the person “talking funny english” – then I believe there is no hope at teaching that person much anyway…
  
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  - dumboldguy Says:
    
    June 13, 2014 at 7:55 am
    I have NEVER heard “CON-troh-ver-see” pronounced in such an awkward and even affected way. Stop looking down your nose in disdain and recognize that anyone who wants to reach a wide audience needs to speak in language that is easily understandable by the majority. I had to back up the video and listen to it again before it was clear what he was saying.
    
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rayduray Says:

June 13, 2014 at 4:56 pm
Speaking of language lessons, in “Shrub: The Short But Happy Political Life of George W. Bush” by Molly Ivins, she describes the differences in style between Bush’s unsuccessful run for House of Representatives in 1978 and his then successful run for Governor in 1994. In 1978 Bush was a freshly minted Ivy League MBA who spoke in a sophisticated manner. His opponent, Kent Hance, portrayed him as out of touch with rural Texans. And Bush lost.

In 1994, Karl Rove trained Bush to speak with the affectations we all came to know and love or else love to ridicule. Ann Richards misunderestimated the power of (bad) language and George Bush prevailed by prevaricating. By dimming down his message, he appeared to be a populist. By expressing “dog whistle” messages, Bush appeared to be a born-again evangelical Christian.

The lesson? It’s better to be smart and appear to be a moron than the reverse.

Because as H.L. Mencken prophesied in the era of Silent Cal Coolidge: “As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”

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