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1. Member
   Old Bathos

   @OldBathos

   9:21 AM EST ⋅ Dec 4, 2019

   I predict that the climate will be very different from the current climate unless, of course, it isn’t.  Whatever happens, I predict that the consensus predictions of climate scientists will be wrong and the more wrong the prediction, the more it will support calls for massive government expenditure and centralization of power and that the scientists/activists who are the most wrong will not be fired or even laughed at but given tenure, book deals, government appointments, and speaking gigs.

   Short or medium-term graphs of temperature plotted against a single factor (solar activity, CO2, total MLB home runs, GOP congressional numbers, Dow-Jones) can always be made to show a significant correlation by cherry-picking the time period or “adjusting” the data. #Science

    

2. Member
   Tom Meyer, Common Citizen

   @tommeyer

   2:21 PM EST ⋅ Dec 4, 2019

   Given that the clip is from Nimoy’s In Search Of series — a spin-off of In Search of Ancient Astronauts — I imagine few people took it seriously. Other episodes from the 1978 season include:

   • The Man Who Would Not Die: The fascinating saga of the Count of St. Germain, who dazzled the courts of Europe for over 100 years, leading some to believe he was immortal.
   • The Ogopogo Monster: This large beast, similar to Scotland’s Loch Ness Monster, is claimed to have been seen by thousands of people in western Canada.
   • Astrology: Can astronomical movements affect the affairs of man? Leonard Nimoy as he reviews the long history of astrology and looks at its attraction today.
   • Pyramid Secrets: Examines the theory that the pyramids of Egypt were built to provide shelter from a holocaust, not as tombs for the pharaohs.
   • The Swamp Monster: An investigation of reports that a huge man-like beast is living in the swamps of Louisiana’s bayou.

   There absolutely was reputable speculation about global cooling in the 1970s — a fact that has been very effectively memory-holed — but this special is poor evidence of it.

3. Member
   Western Chauvinist

   @WesternChauvinist

   

   2:27 PM EST ⋅ Dec 4, 2019

   Tom Meyer, Common Citizen (View Comment):
   There absolutely was reputable speculation about global cooling in the 1970s — a fact that has been very effectively memory-holed — but this special is poor evidence of it.

   Yes, but it’s Spock! So it’s way more fun than reputable speculation!

4. Inactive
   Keith SF

   @KeithSF

   3:54 PM EST ⋅ Dec 4, 2019

   Fake John/Jane Galt (View Comment):

   Some say the world will end in fire,

   Some say in ice.

   From what I’ve tasted of desire

   I hold with those who favor fire.

   But if it had to perish twice,

   I think I know enough of hate

   To say that for destruction ice

   Is also great

   And would suffice.

   Not to sidetrack the thread, but I’m reminded of Frank Zappa’s remark:

   “It isn’t necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice — there are two other possibilities. One is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia.”