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“The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way.” – Bertrand Russell, “An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish”

“I apologize for writing such a long letter, but I didn’t have time to write a short one.” – Mark Twain

Courtesy of Josh and Net Zero Watch, a trip back down memory lane, from COP13 to COP28, the “breakthroughs” followed by the “cold light of day!:

“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so” – Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain

“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.” – Bertrand Russell

With 28 Conservative MPs (including tellers) voting against the EV mandate, it is the biggest Tory revolt of PM Sunak’s premiership

Lord knows it can’t have been easy for them, and LORD KNOWS I’ve tried to do my part chronicling their miserable, horrible, awful, not-so-very-nice year here for you all to share....

Nobody’s honest. Scientists are not honest. And people usually believe that they are. That makes it worse. By honest I don’t mean that you only tell what’s true. But you make clear the entire situation. You make clear all the information that is required for somebody else who is intelligent to make up their mind.

The UK energy minister claims that allowing wind farms to hike prices will magically bring down costs for families.

Doubt is clearly a value in the sciences. Whether it is in other fields is an open question and an uncertain matter.” “…it is very important to doubt and that doubt is not a fearful thing, but a thing of very great value.