Of course that dreadful abomination The Great Global Warming Swindle has been thoroughly exposed as a fraud so there’s no real need to flog that dead pig, but Brian D has brought to my attention that there is still a bit of fun to be gotten out of it.
What do you get when British Wit with a bit of common sense goes after a Denier1 Twit?
You get Marcus Brigstocke Vs. Martin Durkin (audio only)
Not quite as good but still worth a listen is Marcus Brigstocke – Climate Change
also audio only.
Enjoy!
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Denier Challenge Update: Day 2 … still no evidence.
1As I discuss here I do not use the term “Denier” to refer to all climate change doubters. Those who thoughtfully and intelligently address the facts I call ’skeptics’.
Those who irrationally deny the existence of the science and instead propagate the lies and distortions such as those discussed above and linked to the right under “Debunking Denier Nonsense” are “Deniers”.
The choice of the correct term is based on their actions, not their conclusions.
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These are audio-only because they appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Now Show. I hadn’t seen video of him until I found Planet Corduroy, which is also on YouTube.
Interesting tidbit about Brigstocke: Allegedly, when he did his piece on religion, he was expecting a torrent of mail but really didn’t get all that many. When his piece on climate change aired, he got several (mostly angry) letters, and apparently they kept coming for some time. Presumably, these letters came from Daily Mail readers, a frequent target of his (in fact, he hits on them in the above videos too).
I wish I could cite this, but I can’t find my original source. And I honestly wish I had more to contribute to this blog (as it falls directly in the center of my interest in the topic – a scientist’s perspective on denialist (with caveat) culture) than just random comedy, but hey, we do what we can.
Well, I’d be interested to know how Brigstocke figured that the hate mail came from Daily Mail readers…
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Sadly both of the above have been ‘removed’. Was looking around the web for more stuff from Marcus as I saw him live on Sunday and he was very good. Very funny, yes, but also thought provoking. The theme was generally his views on religion but he also covered some good eco ground. Well worth watching.