The timeless appeal of Doomer Porn....

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The timeless appeal of Doomer Porn....

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Ahhhh......... the good ole days........ were also Apocalyptic!

Predicting "The End Of The World As We Know It," seems to be one of the most stable lifelong careers one can choose to pursue.

someone needs to tell the universities to offer more current curricula......

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/01/us/th ... .html?_r=0
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It's not the end of the world, it's just the end of Dr. Ehrlich.
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Probably should go in Global warming but I am not sure what the difference is anymore between that and doomer porn

I take it that they don't expect people to understand the headline particularly well.

http://www.thestandarddaily.com/melting ... here/2509/

OMG EVEREST TO DISAPPEAR DUE TO GLOBAL WARMING !!!

Melting Glaciers could mean Everest Disappear as per a latest Computer Model Study in Cryosphere.


Melting GlaciersIn a frightening scenario of Apocalypse Now and Ice Age, any series, the glaciers are supposed to be melting and leading to a climate change. Even the Mount Everest glaciers won’t be spared in this deluge that will destroy everything in its wake.



This has been revealed by a new climate computer model theory as Nepal is set to lose 99 percent of its glaciers. An indication of the devastation in store has been signalled with the massive that the tiny mountain kingdom witnessed last month with more than 10,000 people dead and an equal number missing.

Published in the journal Cryosphere, Joseph Shea, glacier hydrologist at the International Center for Integrated Mountain Development in Nepal was surprised by the results and claimed they knew the effects of global warming but seeing the glaciers reduced by so much raised the warning bells.

Dr Shea and his colleagues found that moderate reductions in the glacier base were due to the greenhouse emissions effect but with the massive emissions happening now, it will see a reduction of 99 percent of the glaciers. This is a frightening reality and could well spell the doom for mankind in times to come.

They came up with these findings as the scientists used a computer model to study glacier melt, accumulation and redistribution. Data on temperature, precipitation and actual data from the field and remote sensing observation from the Dudh Koshi basin included Mount Everest and other mountain peaks.

However, these are initial findings and as such, the actual impact on the region can’t be gauged from this. The Khumbu icefall, one of the deadliest unstable glacier field on the trek to Everest is dangerous and the glacier melt philosophy applied to this one could have dangerous repercussions.

The flip side of this study is that computer modelling could well be wrong and any change in data could mean different sets of results. For our sakes, we can only hope the gas emissions are kept under control and glaciers won’t melt spelling catastrophe.
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Paul Erlich is an excellent case study of "academia vs. reality."

I love his recent responses. He's still not wrong! He's just a stopped clock that isn't right... right now! :roll:

Look at all the data available, and possibly not earn a paycheck, or ignore the data that does not fit the pre-conclusion your benefactors want, tell the public what they want to hear, and earn a comfortable living.

Focus more on publicity than accuracy....... and life is good. Discipline and integrity.... might not make the boat payments.

Then once you acquire celebrity status as a guru, and a flock of faithful followers, you can never deviate from your previous published position, or the True Believers will declare you a heretic and turn on you.

Priests or politicians or soothsayers as scientists....... or Scientists as priests or politicians or soothsayers........ multiple job titles don't seem to apply very well to one person.
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i am very important, you cant see it because your an durian, but im so flicking important that if you disagree with me, the WORLD WILL END,
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May the gods preserve and defend me from self-righteous altruists; I can defend myself from my enemies and my friends.
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Just substitute "al Gore" for "Paul Ehrlich" or thousands of other politicians or scientists. I am sure one of them will come up with a means to kill off the human race sooner or later through mass hysteria
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Doc wrote:
Just substitute "al Gore" for "Paul Ehrlich" or thousands of other politicians or scientists. I am sure one of them will come up with a means to kill off the human race sooner or later through mass hysteria
It is a fascinating chicken/egg or symbiotic relationship. The crowd demands apocalyptic soothsayers and someone steps up to fill the void and take their money.

After a couple decades... people stop believing in "massive death by Ice Age" and change over to "massive death by Global Warming/pollution/ebola/liberals/conservatives/oligarchs/Zionists/EU/breakup of EU/etc."

The trick to big income is to see it coming, hire a good PR firm, and publish early.

If I was younger, I think I'd get on board the killer asteroid meal plan.....
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Great article.

A buddy of mine says "Every now and then you come across one of these old guys who says "You can't do it like that! We have been doing it like this for 30 years!"

To which he replies "Did it ever occur to you that maybe you have been doing it wrong for 30 years?"

Hopefully crusty old farts will never become an endangered species.
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