Anthony Cox
Malcolm Roberts and Q & A
The recently elected senator, Malcolm
Roberts was invited onto Q & A. Q & A is the ABC’s premier current
affairs program. Like the rest of the
ABC it is implacably pro alarmist. So at first blush having a declared
sceptic on this program would seem to indicate some balance by the ABC.
Unfortunately, this was not so. On the rest
of the panel were 4 devout alarmists. Linda Burney clearly was out of her depth
and contented herself with scorning and insulting Malcolm Roberts.
Lily Serna, the described mathematician,
gushed and fluttered her eyes at professor Brian Cox, surrounded herself with
hyperbole and moral platitudes and Greg Hunt was his usual unctuous self.
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| Brian Cox shows a graph that shows NO EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE of causation by man's CO2 emissions |
The real revelation was professor Brian
Cox. Some assumed Brian Cox would present a reasonable viewpoint. This was
quickly contradicted by his first speech on climate change. The facts were shocking he said. In fact, they were so
shocking he said shocking again.
Not one word that come out of Cox’s mouth
had any verisimilitude. The temperature was rising, and not just rising but
accelerating he said. Malcolm quickly referred to the Central English
Temperature [CET] record and the verified
temperature pause and data
corruption.
The word corruption enraged Cox who at this
early stage was producing graphs of temperature and CO2 quicker than James
Hansen gets arrested. Jones piped in with another glowing description of
Cox’s prestige as a premier scientist and Lily gushed in Cox’s direction.
So it went with the usual ABC balanced
audience consisting of dangerously
intelligent young people, according to Greg Hunt, laughing vigorously at
Malcolm at every opportunity and calling professor Cox a legendary scientist. And Hunt embellished Cox’s arguing from
authority and consensus with examples of his government’s support of consensus
such as the Paris
accord debacle.
Generally, Malcolm was diminished at every
opportunity. It often became absurd with Burney concerned with sinking islands
and young people swimming in August.
One cannot do justice to every cliché of
alarmism which was trotted out by the alarmists on the panel. Every one of
these clichés can be dealt with and repudiated with just minimal recourse to
facts and figures. The myths of alarmism are listed here.
The take away point from the Q & A is
the abysmal ignorance of the general public and the political class which
allows people like Cox getting away with outrageous falsehoods. Cox was not
selected for nothing to appear on this program. He is photogenic and fluent and
charismatic. Frankly it didn’t matter what he said because he said it with such
panache and charm he could have been reading the directions to change a light
bulb. He is after all an ex pop star. (see below -Ed)
That is why it is so important that Malcolm
Roberts is now in parliament. For years he has been bashing his head against the
brick world of money, vanity and ideology which is alarmism. Now he has a cache
of authority by his election. What he should do now is arrange for some of the world’s
leading climate scientists who can match the likes of professor Cox to come to
Australia and give talks at parliament under his auspices. People like Judith
Curry, Roy Spencer, Ryan Maue and Ross McKitrick and in Australia Stewart
Franks, Peter Ridd and Mike Asten. Prominent sceptics need to be supported and
given exposure. If Malcolm can achieve that he truly will be a success.
All in all Malcolm did well. He said some
great things none better than what he said about education and the difference between
teaching kids what to think rather than how to think. The Q & A set up was
a failure and it will be interesting to see if he is invited back to the ABC.
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Editor's Addendum
Editor's Addendum
Brian Cox was in two bands - d-ream and Dare.
Perhaps his support for the falsified Man made global warming hypothesis can be explained by the Dare Song - We don't need a reason.
