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	<title>Comments on: Why I love Randi, part n</title>
	<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/06/why-i-love-randi-part-n/</link>
	<description>I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog.</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Dunc</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/06/why-i-love-randi-part-n/#comment-34158</link>
		<dc:creator>Dunc</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sticks: &lt;i&gt;I saw â€œThe Great Global Warming Swindleâ€ and the graphs showing that CO2 lagged the temperature and the graphs correlating solar activity seemed quite convincing, so what was wrong with that?&lt;/i&gt;

Well, on formal logical grounds, proof that A causes B does not tell you anything at all about whether B causes A, and it &lt;i&gt;definitely&lt;/i&gt; doesn't tell you that B &lt;i&gt;cannot&lt;/i&gt; cause A. If it did, fire wouldn't work.

Also, the situation where CO2 rises smoothly over a period of a century or more, without any geological or climate driver, can only (as far as we know) be produced by a global industrial civilisation. So unless you think that there &lt;i&gt;was&lt;/i&gt; such a civilisation at some point in pre-history, it shouldn't be a surprise that you don't see its fingerprints in the paleo-climate record. No-one thinks the last ice-age ended because the neanderthals were burning too many fossil fuels.

Knowledge of climateology is not required to refute most of the claims made in TGGWS - just basic logic. And if that's the best the denialists have got, well, I'm even more convinced now than I was before.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sticks: <i>I saw â€œThe Great Global Warming Swindleâ€ and the graphs showing that CO2 lagged the temperature and the graphs correlating solar activity seemed quite convincing, so what was wrong with that?</i></p>
<p>Well, on formal logical grounds, proof that A causes B does not tell you anything at all about whether B causes A, and it <i>definitely</i> doesn&#8217;t tell you that B <i>cannot</i> cause A. If it did, fire wouldn&#8217;t work.</p>
<p>Also, the situation where CO2 rises smoothly over a period of a century or more, without any geological or climate driver, can only (as far as we know) be produced by a global industrial civilisation. So unless you think that there <i>was</i> such a civilisation at some point in pre-history, it shouldn&#8217;t be a surprise that you don&#8217;t see its fingerprints in the paleo-climate record. No-one thinks the last ice-age ended because the neanderthals were burning too many fossil fuels.</p>
<p>Knowledge of climateology is not required to refute most of the claims made in TGGWS - just basic logic. And if that&#8217;s the best the denialists have got, well, I&#8217;m even more convinced now than I was before.</p>
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		<title>By: Sue Mitchell</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/06/why-i-love-randi-part-n/#comment-34157</link>
		<dc:creator>Sue Mitchell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:40:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/06/why-i-love-randi-part-n/#comment-34157</guid>
		<description>Phil writes:

"Why I love Randi, part n

Because he loves me too, of course."

For goodness' sake, just get a room, would you?!!!  ;-)
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Phil writes:</p>
<p>&#8220;Why I love Randi, part n</p>
<p>Because he loves me too, of course.&#8221;</p>
<p>For goodness&#8217; sake, just get a room, would you?!!!  <img src='http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> &#8211;</p>
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		<title>By: Lurchgs</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/06/why-i-love-randi-part-n/#comment-34156</link>
		<dc:creator>Lurchgs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2007 15:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/06/why-i-love-randi-part-n/#comment-34156</guid>
		<description>I question whether DVDs actually exist.

As for Randi - I think he's an electronic construct from Pixar (Disney lacks the sense of humor).  No sane individual could be so rational and survive in the modern world.

Now, I'm going to go buy a 14 billion jars of peanut butter...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I question whether DVDs actually exist.</p>
<p>As for Randi - I think he&#8217;s an electronic construct from Pixar (Disney lacks the sense of humor).  No sane individual could be so rational and survive in the modern world.</p>
<p>Now, I&#8217;m going to go buy a 14 billion jars of peanut butter&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Marko</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/06/why-i-love-randi-part-n/#comment-34155</link>
		<dc:creator>Marko</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2007 09:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/06/why-i-love-randi-part-n/#comment-34155</guid>
		<description>Wow, a DVD? About TAM5 or about your work, Phil?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow, a DVD? About TAM5 or about your work, Phil?</p>
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		<title>By: The Bad Astronomer</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/06/why-i-love-randi-part-n/#comment-34154</link>
		<dc:creator>The Bad Astronomer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2007 07:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/06/why-i-love-randi-part-n/#comment-34154</guid>
		<description>Oh, PZ. He knows you exist. I made fun of you in front of everyone at TAM 5.

But you'll have to wait for the DVD to know for sure...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh, PZ. He knows you exist. I made fun of you in front of everyone at TAM 5.</p>
<p>But you&#8217;ll have to wait for the DVD to know for sure&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Gary Ansorge</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/06/why-i-love-randi-part-n/#comment-34153</link>
		<dc:creator>Gary Ansorge</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2007 02:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/06/why-i-love-randi-part-n/#comment-34153</guid>
		<description>He knows, Grasshopper,,,he sees EVERYTHING,,,Ah, Hah, hah ,hah,,, hah!

(Hard to be sardonic w/o sound effects,,,)

 Gary 7</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He knows, Grasshopper,,,he sees EVERYTHING,,,Ah, Hah, hah ,hah,,, hah!</p>
<p>(Hard to be sardonic w/o sound effects,,,)</p>
<p> Gary 7</p>
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		<title>By: PZ Myers</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/06/why-i-love-randi-part-n/#comment-34152</link>
		<dc:creator>PZ Myers</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2007 00:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/06/why-i-love-randi-part-n/#comment-34152</guid>
		<description>&#60;sob&#62; He loves you, and he &lt;i&gt;doesn't even know I exist!!!&lt;/i&gt;

&#60;cue junior high school level of angst and jealousy&#62;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&lt;sob&gt; He loves you, and he <i>doesn&#8217;t even know I exist!!!</i></p>
<p>&lt;cue junior high school level of angst and jealousy&gt;</p>
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