The jewel in the crown of Samizdata.net
A blog for people with a critically rational individualist perspective. We are developing the social individualist meta-context for the future. From the very serious to the extremely frivolous... lets see what is on the mind of the Samizdata people.

Samizdata, derived from Samizdat /n. a system of clandestine publication of banned literature in the USSR
[Russ.,= self-publishing house]
Learn about the Gadsden flag.


Default font size Large font size Larger font size
There is much to find for those who look
White Rose
Print Version
Blogging Glossary
Pictures
Meme hacks
Merchandise
Samizdata for PDA
Syndicate Samizdata.net
XMLRDF
We are not alone
cobden.png

Libertarian International
Liberty's cause transcends
mere national borders



Made possible by...
Web and graphic design by the dissident frogman

Powered by Movable Type
 
July 09, 2010
Friday
 
 
Samizdata quote of the day
Brian Micklethwait (London)  Science & Technology • Slogans/quotations

Allow me to put it another way, instead of scientists, these people were hedge managers, and they were found by an inquiry, run by fund managers and bankers, of not being involved in insider trading, but being part of a fan club. Moreover, though the figures they published for investors were misleading, the investors could have obtained the raw data and worked out that they were being sold a lemon on their own.

Would you be so forgiving?

- A commenter challenges George Monbiot on the subject of the Russell "Inquiry", which found evidence of a failure to by communicate, but which didn't find anything wrong with "climate science" on account of it not trying to. Recycled by "James P" in his comment here.

Comments

And so… these Learned Men, having Inquir’d into the Case for the Opposition, discover’d that the Opposition had no Case and were Devoid of Merit, which was what they Suspected all along, and they arriv’d at this Happy Conclusion by the most Economical and Nice of all Methods of Enquiry, which was that they did not Invite the Opposition to confuse Matters by Participating in the Discussion.

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/07/08/wonderful-news-on-climate-change/


Posted by Frank S at July 9, 2010 01:39 PM

I forgot to mention that I found the above quotation in a comment on the Bishop Hill blog:
http://bishophill.squarespace.com/blog/2010/7/8/acton-on-the-sap.html


Posted by Frank S at July 9, 2010 01:43 PM

I am honoured! Even though it was recyclyed.. :-)


Posted by James P at July 9, 2010 03:14 PM

Or recycled, even.


Posted by James P at July 9, 2010 03:15 PM

Peach!


Posted by mike at July 9, 2010 03:25 PM
Post a comment









Remember personal info?


Enter anti-spambot Turing code:





Select some text and click this to format it as a quote Make the selected text bold Make the selected text italic Add a web link


Basic html active.

Alas, but for obscure reasons Mozilla, Mac and Linux users shall not harness to power of the push-button formatting options and shall therefore compose basic html with their bare hands. Yet Mozilla, Mac and Linux users shall not fear, for we shall reveal forthwith the mysteries of Basic Html:

<strong>This text in-between is bold</strong>

<em>This text is in italics</em>

And
<blockquote>This is a quote</blockquote>
Remember to close your opened tags as such: <tag> tagged text and closing </tag> and we promise you will get out of here alive.

For adding links, either use the link URL button on the toolbar or enter your code by hand in the following format:
<a href="http://www.your_link.com">your link text or description here</a>

Movable Type's anti-spambot e-mail address protection is enabled.

You are a guest on private property. Have fun but please be civil and succinct. Blogroaches will be persecuted, not to mention IP banned.

Long third party quotes or articles will also be deleted... so just link to articles you think are germane to your comment, don't quote the whole bloody thing.