He No Read So Good

As much as my head almost exploded when geeguy trotted out his racism, I actually felt a touch bad about ranking on him so hard.  I'm sure he's a nice guy, and I remain convinced that he had no clue how ridiculous he sounded when reciting the "OH MY GOD!  They're impregnating the white women!" argument.  I typically refer to people like that as "hard of thinking".  It's not that they are enemies of being rational; they're just not very good at it.  Today's post from geeguy shows that he does suffer from an ailment common to the Hard of Thinking; he doesn't read very well.

He posts an op-ed appearing in the  the Wall Street Journal from an MIT scientist who claims that global warming alarmists aren't actually paying attention to the science.  I tend to agree somewhat, even though the op-ed seems rather personally alarmist from the victim-hood angle itself.  But then, geeguy decides to drag me into his poorly thought out conclusions, by claiming that I am the example of such a global warming alarmist.

This just goes to show that he doesn't really think about what he's reading.  You see, like most of the rationally challenged, geeguy wrote a dire screed about media bias, making claims well beyond anything that was actually written.  I challenged him on those claims, not about global warming, but about the logic of the paper's assertions, and the lack of his own.  To this very day, he doesn't get it at all.  Even though I specifically pointed out that I am not in the over-react about everything global warming camp, geeguy offers my statements about rational thought as proof that I am his example.  Obviously, he didn't really think any of it through.

Read through the comments to this thread, and you, gentle rational reader, will understand exactly what I said.  The assertions I make, that geeguy finds so damning, are actually supported by his expert.  Furthermore, you will see clearly how geeguy took my comments completely out of context in order to bolster his own poor understanding of how thought, reason and logic work.

So, what is actually going on as regards global warming?  According to Professor Lindzen and myself, we don't actually know.  The jury is out.  Since he seems incapable of reading that clearly, , this is where Hard of Thinking takes over for geeguy.   He's found someone who seems to be saying that the people geeguy wants to be wrong, actually are.  But since he no read so good, and he's Hard of Thinking, the geedude rabbits, with arms flailing and a silly grin, right into the conclusion that he is correct, and knows something other than that he doesn't know.

I'd say that's kind of sad.  But it is fun to watch.

(And I'm sorry, Eric, but you and the gang lose.  Even without your multiple contributors, geeguy has been able to vastly upstage WRIM for sheer blatant wingnuttery in less than 36 hours.  That's a feat that I almost respect.  Almost.)

Comments

[Tony]

Someday, I will say something stupid just to hear you clear it up.....
I am a strong believer in the earth having reached a point of no return. I have never thought of the atmosphere as being permanent-its seems far too volatile and thin...but thats just me.
And a bunch of wierd things happening.

[Jeff]

The WSJ article is being discussed here, if you're interested.

[moorcat]

I got into this exact same argument over Global Warming and media bias right after the Newsweek article came out a couple of weeks ago. I feel for you, bro. It is truly scary how the argument I got into sounded so similar to the one you had with Geeguy. It also never fails to amaze me when I run into someone quite so Hard of Reading as well as Hard of Thinking...

Moorcat

[moorcat]

My favorite line from Geeguy... "Global Warming is a falsity perpetrated by the left."

That is my personal winner of the "Stupid Statement" for the day...

Moorcat

[Jon]

I had to double check. Surely he wouldn't counter your claims by quoting someone who agrees with you. Sure enough. He did.

ImAMoron.net...... Still available....... So tempting.....

[Eric Coobs]

He's a tough act to follow all right!

[Mark]

The objective of industry propaganda surrounding global warming has been to muddy the waters. They've succeeded.

[Hoo the Doo]

Let's see, you assert several times that it is beyond question that man is causing global climate change, and this gee guy posts an article by an expert who disputes that, and your big slam is that the expert agrees with you? That seems like a pretty obvious disagreement to me.

But I guess that's easy to understand from a blogger whose only rhetorical tools seem to be the assumption that he's incapable of a fallacious argument and that the other guy is dumb.

[Wulfgar]

Hoo the Doo, you are also reading challenged. That is the entire point of this post; geeguy grossly (and foolishly overreaches himself precisely because at no single point do I say that mankind causes global warming. But thanks for playing.