October 30, 2007
Even the Brits have dumb judges
A British judge has ruled that An Inconvenient Truth is not science. IBD recaps the take down without a bit of critical thinking.
Gee, Justice Burton, we knew about the islands being evacuated that have subsequently been swallowed by the sea. We blogged about it. The problem with the argument that the movie isn't science is flawed by the notion that it's a legal argument being made. It's not. The film is a documentary and all the evidence used to make it is available from the producers and their company. Not to mention on the web with just a bit of research.
Actually, let's take a look at just one more of Justice Burton's mistakes...
Error 3 - This one is pretty easy since the gulfstream depends on a delicate balance of salinity and temperature to drive it. Should that be altered by higher levels of freshwater or higher/lower temps in the wrong zones and the current COULD shut down rapidly. We just don't know and the point of the movie was to show it was something that warming could make happen. Could 'slow down' in his 'expert' opinion? Ha. I love me some judges but when it comes to climate science the last person I'm going to listen to is a JD. I read the IPCC report... 'slowdown' was the best we could expect.
Now, take a look at what Justice Burton posted above and then consider why a judge should never be the one deciding something like this. Specifically, look at Errors 5-7 and Burton's rebuttal. When WILL they start teaching Occam's Razor to the kids in law school?
Posted by mcblogger at October 30, 2007 10:43 AM
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