Passo ore a leggere l’attualit\u00e0 invece della scienza, ma poco alla volta dovrei ritrovare il ritmo.<\/p>\n
Sui PNAS<\/em>, Samuel Fey et al. analizzano<\/a> 727 “eventi di mortalit\u00e0 di massa” (MME) avvenuti in 2.407 popolazioni animali documentate in tutto il mondo. Dagli anni Quaranta, gli eventi aumentano in media di uno all’anno e<\/p>\n the magnitude of MMEs has been intensifying for birds, fishes, and marine invertebrates; invariant for mammals; and decreasing for reptiles and amphibians.<\/em><\/p>\n Una volta erano poco studiati, non \u00e8 detto che la tendenza sia proprio quella, ma<\/p>\n the increase in MMEs appears to be associated with a rise in disease emergence, biotoxicity, and events produced by multiple interacting stressors, yet temporal trends in MME causes varied among taxa and may be associated with increased detectability.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n Quando sono pi\u00f9 estesi, si notano pi\u00f9 facilmente, insomma. Com. stampa<\/a>. La parte divertente sono gli esperimenti fatti con 180 studenti che a gruppi di 10 imparavano a spaccare ossidiana dal primo guardandolo, facendoselo spiegare a gesti o verbalmente. Tom Morgan illustra la tecnica in questo video<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n Su Nature<\/em>, editoriale<\/a> su scienza e satira unite nella lotta…<\/span><\/p>\n In 1766, Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Lefebvre became the last person in France to be executed for blasphemy; his list of \u2018crimes\u2019 included a refusal to remove his hat as a religious procession passed by. Eighteenth-century France was one of the first nations to push back against the tyranny of religious authority that stifled free thought across Europe at the time \u2014 and continues to do so in other places. That proud legacy \u2014 and the part that both science and satire played in promoting the contrasting values of the Enlightenment \u2014 is worth reflecting on as millions across the world struggle to make sense of the horrific events in Paris last week<\/strong>. (<\/em>grassetto mio)<\/p>\n (…) Philippe Val, a former editor of\u00a0Charlie Hebdo, has compared satire to science, saying that both are methods of pursuing \u2018truth\u2019 in the face of dogma.\u00a0Charlie Hebdo\u00a0is no Voltaire, but Val has a point. Satire, wit and mockery remain surprisingly effective ways to voice dissent, and to highlight the absurdities, hypocrisy, injustice and oppression of authoritarian regimes and religious obscurantism.<\/em><\/p>\n Piacer\u00e0 a E.K.Hornbeck e Ivodivo…<\/p>\n *<\/span><\/p>\n Charlie e il clima, brusco calo<\/strong><\/p>\n Ieri Gavin Schmidt twittava:<\/span><\/p>\n Heartening that some see recent events as reason to assert our common humanity instead of as ammunition for their own agendas.<\/em><\/p>\n Si riferiva a Judith Curry. Riassunto da Sou con link agli originali per chi se la sente:<\/p>\n She uses the murders of cartoonists in Paris as an pretense to take another shot at Michael Mann. She calls alleged defamation “satire<\/a>“, arguing people who defame are merely exercising their right to free speech. She doesn’t have a clue about what is allowable as free speech. Would she think the same if someone wrote an article in the press claiming she committed scientific fraud? Multiple times? What if they added an aside about child molesters?<\/em> Per chi era distratto, denier<\/em> e to be in denial<\/em> risalgono almeno al ‘600 e sono stati resi popolari dai padri della psicanalisi ai primi del ‘900. E Michael Mann si \u00e8 deciso a querelare per diffamazione quelli che da anni accusavano lui e i suoi co-autori di essere dei falsari, quando lo hanno paragonato a un condannato per molestie sessuali di ragazzini. <\/span><\/p>\n Come Sou, trovo disgustosi questi attacchi contro Michael Mann et al. Per\u00f2 sono contraria alla gara tra chi \u00e8 pi\u00f9 santo (holier than you). Se un evento ci colpisce, ci sta in mente, mi sembra inevitabile che permei le espressioni e le analogie che usiamo. A proposito di intolleranza religiosa, ho esagerato anch’io – toutes proportions gard\u00e9es – nel ricordare minacce non terroristiche alla libert\u00e0 di stampa. Non me ne scuso, mi d\u00e0 sui nervi l’ipocrisia dei politici che dicono di difenderla mentre cercano di limitarla.<\/p>\n I am a climate extremist<\/strong><\/p>\n Judith Curry fa sapere che la Global Climate Policy Foundation<\/a> diffonde tra i propri sostenitori l’equivalenza tra uccidere 17 persone e ridere degli errori del dott. Pennetta, con una mail intitolata<\/p>\n Charlie Hebdo, Climate Scepticism & Free Speech;\u00a0<\/span>Climate Extremism & The Chilling Effect On Free Speech<\/em><\/p>\n Nei commenti sotto “I<\/a>l Prof. Pennetta alla guida dei dati<\/a>”\u00a0potete vedere che i suoi seguaci chiamano alla guerra santa in nome di valori che somigliano a quelli dell’ISIS.<\/p>\n Apr\u00e8s vous, Messieurs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Passo ore a leggere l’attualit\u00e0 invece della scienza, ma poco alla volta dovrei ritrovare il ritmo. 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\nSu Nature Communications<\/em>, Tom Morgan, Natalie Uomini et al. scrivono che \u00a01,7 milioni di anni fa nell’Olduvai, in Nigeria, l’Homo habilis<\/em> creava “strumenti da macelleria” (schegge affilate) e insegnava come farli, usando un proto-linguaggio (grugniti). La produzione si \u00e8 diffusa con l’evoluzione del linguaggio vero e proprio a partire da 700 mila anni fa.<\/p>\n
\nShe labels as the equivalent of\u00a0racist and anti-semitic<\/a>, people who refer to climate science\u00a0deniers<\/a>\u00a0as such and says it is “very sad” to see scientists behaving like that. She seems to be oblivious to the inconsistency. She refers to people who accept science as “warmists<\/a>” and “alarmists<\/a>” and then goes on\u00a0to write<\/a>:<\/em> “When person A calls person B a \u2018denier\u2019 or any other pejorative word, in my opinion they deserve disrespect, in the context of the broader discussion in my piece.”
\nEven hard-boiled deniers recognise the difference between murdering people, defamation and free speech, and have tried to point this out to Judith. Judith is so mired in her personal dislike of Michael Mann that she can no longer see straight. That plus her ideology looks to have taken such a hold that she has lost her grasp of science.<\/em>
\nPerhaps the biggest visible sign of how low Judith has sunk is that she left this\u00a0gross disgusting cartoon<\/a>\u00a0up on her blog for more than a day. I didn’t comment on it earlier because I assumed she would remove it when she saw it. She didn’t. Even\u00a0her fans thought<\/a> she would remove it.<\/em><\/p>\n