By: Craig
Normally I love reading the Kurzweil newsletter but at the references to ‘deniers’ and the Koch brothers I stopped. There’s enough simplistic nonsense in the world without having to read it here as well.
View ArticleBy: Craig
Brin seems awfully smug about his knowledge of ocean acidification but is apparently unaware of the Scripps study from earlier this year: ““On both a monthly and annual scale, even the most stable open...
View ArticleBy: sgtmac_46
Yeah, Craig, I had the same reaction……I found it interesting and compelling…….Right up until the ideologically driven mentality that the author was condemning reared it’s ugly head right there in the...
View ArticleBy: Chris
its not noise if it moves only in one direction. that will show as a change in the average, and though sea life might be able to tolerate temporary changes in their environment, as we handle changes in...
View ArticleBy: Jonathan Cole
I am undecided on the issues you mention (deniers, Koch) but why did you stop reading after you saw some words you did not like? Couldn’t that approach fall into a category of ‘simplistic nonsense’?
View ArticleBy: Vernon
If this political drivel keeps invading Kurzweilai articles, I will stop visiting the site. I go to other sites for political issues. Keep it out of here.
View ArticleBy: ErikSMeyer
Apart from the issue of the noise being potentially greater than the signal on the topic of ocean acidification, Mr. Brin nowhere even argues that increasing atmospheric CO2 leads to increased ocean...
View ArticleBy: Ed
I enjoyed the book. My take away was “do not let others determine your agenda”. Even if they pretend to know what they are talking about.
View ArticleBy: David
For the rest of you who are interested in real science (unlike David Brin), please google “The Ocean Is Not Getting Acidified.”
View ArticleBy: pt
“Maybe that would explain the failure of global temperatures to rise for the last 15 year” http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111205191724.htm “After removing these known short-term...
View ArticleBy: Issac Davis
I agree with many of these comments–skip the political diatribe–we can click on Drudge or whatever floats your boat. Please Mr. Brin, more of your scientific insights. Too tempting to comment on...
View ArticleBy: Nyk
I thought fellow singularitarians would be against stopping the economy in order to prevent environmental degradation which will be fixed cheaply in 50+ years using nanites and advanced intelligent...
View ArticleBy: Mr.X
You need politics to interfere with politics, in order to stop politics from interfering with science by means of public policy, and by means of science we might be able to interfere scientifically...
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