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October 11, 2011 10:00am by David Farrar

A concerned scientist

This is Kenji. he is the newest member of the Union of Concerned Scientists.Follow the link and enjoy.

Hat Tip: Whale

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Other_Andy

Just one concern…
The dog looks over-qualified.
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October 11, 2011 10:10am
jonnobanks

You also will laugh at the Oregon Petition – http://www.petitionproject.org/ – signed by concerned scientists disputing global warming, including Perry S. Mason, Michael J. Fox, , Robert C. Byrd, John C. Grisham and Dr. Geri Halliwell.
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October 11, 2011 10:22am
RightNow

jonnobanks, didn’t see Michael J Fox or Geri Halliwell, saw Perry Mason though. Perhaps you’re just repeating something you read somewhere else without checking?
What was interesting that over 9000 people with PhDs have signed it. Do you know if any of them are fakes?
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October 11, 2011 10:32am
RRM

LOL 😀

And the really funny thing about silly groups like this is – their antics make the actual greenhouse gases magically go away…

(Not that there were any. It’s all a vast leftist conspiracy!)
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October 11, 2011 10:55am
Lance

Just a point
This is lax and is poor judgement by this organisation.
But please the mindless ridicule of all science and scientists is not being able to tell shit from clay. We mock the Greens as being Luddites but I see the same trend among some here.

The logical conclusion of expanding this trend is to withdraw science funding. Then technology, medicine and other life changing advancement dries up.

A balanced approach wise.
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October 11, 2011 10:55am
Ryan Sproull

A charity that will let just anyone with a credit card donate to them. What will they come up with next.
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October 11, 2011 10:56am
Murray

Who piddled on your weetbix lance?
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October 11, 2011 11:05am
somewhatthoughtful

Wow, such humour, an organisation that trusts that people who send money to join are who they say they are: LOL +4interwebs U JuSt M4De 4 FuNi
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October 11, 2011 11:09am
KiwiGreg

@ RightNow – I assume it’s this obviously fake Perrry Mason PhD that took nearly 9 seconds to find with Google http://www.lcu.edu/majors-programs/bachelors/chemistry/faculty/hash/ed05bdba68391265bfe0ad1541d60a0e/staffid/189.html
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October 11, 2011 11:12am
Ed Snack

Ryan, for someone who makes quite a thing for being funny, you are remarkably humourless about others.

Yes, sure, an easy target, but they deserve every ounce of ridicule sent their way. The UCC are a purely political grouping trying to use “science” to gain some form of authority to instruct us on how to kowtow to their claimed “wisdom”. As an organisation they need a disclaimer along the lines of “contains a high proportion of nuts and flakes”
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October 11, 2011 11:20am
Lance

@Murray
“Who piddled on your weetbix lance?”
Sorry for the OT folks

But the fucking funniest thing in history was in the good old Psych dept Uni of Auckland days ( I was a engineer BTW)

One of the professors was training a spider monkey as a home help.
The purchasing officer HATED this monkey and demanded it never be allowed near him.
One day said professor came into the purchasing officers office with the monkey on his shoulder. Before a word could be spoken the monkey piddled in the purchasing officers coffee and ran off.
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October 11, 2011 11:49am
RightNow

Kiwigreg – good find, I eagerly await jonnobanks explaining his joke (which we all know means its a fail)

In other news about august scientific organisations, the National Science Foundation has had to correct their website which for over 6 years has said that “melting sea ice raises worldwide sea levels”

They’ve now removed that and replaced it with:

“[Editor’s note: An inaccurate statement about sea ice and rising sea levels has been deleted. We regret the error.]”
http://www.nsf.gov/about/history/nsf0050/arctic/seaice.htm

Uh-huh, my 7 year old understands that a melting ice cube won’t raise the water level in a glass, but the National Science Foundation took over 6 years to correct their mistake. Fail.
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October 11, 2011 11:58am
Scott Chris

Ummm what’s the big deal. I’m a member, more by donation than participation, but I am not a professional scientist.

More shit-stirring from the feckless social vandal Cameron Slater. Too dumb to be a hacker I reckon.

The Union of Concerned Scientists is a nonprofit science advocacy group based in the United States. The UCS membership includes *many private citizens* in addition to professional scientists.

Thanks Kenji. Ka-ching.
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October 11, 2011 12:03pm
RightNow

Aww Scott Chris, you’re in great company with Kenji, he can probably teach you a few tricks. You’re so cute too, the way you pretend to be smart, just like Kenji when he walks on his hind legs.
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October 11, 2011 12:10pm
Scott Chris

He-who-shall-not-be-named says – “You also will laugh at the Oregon Petition”

Yup. The petition didn’t require any proof of a science degree, you just had to tick a box.

Marque signatory? The fucking wacko H-bomb developer Edward Teller. Certainly a genius, but madder than a midget with a yo-yo.
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October 11, 2011 12:20pm
Scott Chris

RightNow

Who’s pretending? When did I ever say I thought I was smart? I don’t even claim to be a scientist.

Just a schmo like you mate.
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October 11, 2011 12:21pm
KiwiGreg

“More shit-stirring from the feckless social vandal Cameron Slater. Too dumb to be a hacker I reckon.”

@ Scott Chriss actually the whole thing is from the wattsupwiththat website – WOBH only linked to that and DPF only linked to WOBH.
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October 11, 2011 1:24pm
Scott Chris

KiwiGreg

True, but as the hat tip was paid him by Farrar, I saw Slater as the conveyancer of mischief. My attitude towards Slater is a reflection his attitude towards the rest of the world. I don’t like vandals, especially smart ones, unless they use satire as an excuse.
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October 11, 2011 2:16pm
KiwiGreg

Yeah I’m not sure if it’s a symbiotic relationship or a parasitic one. Probably symbiotic.
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October 11, 2011 2:25pm
willtruth

I’m not sure what the point of this stunt is. It reminds me of the Ben Goldacre stunt where he registered his dead cat as a member of the American Association of Nutritional Consultants.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Goldacre

Except there was point to that stunt. The famous and highly influential “Professor” Gillian McKeith cited her membership of this association as a reason why people should follow her nutritional advice which she doled out in books and TV. In reality she was a quack with crazy ideas.

I would be surprised if anyone cites their membership of the Union of Concerned Scientists as a qualification for anything. Hence the stunt is pointless.
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October 11, 2011 10:44pm
The Scorned

The “97% of climate scientists ” Bullshit is busted wide open here….http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/12/30/lawrence-solomon-75-climate-scientists-think-humans-contribute-to-global-warming/
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