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ryankelly
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Bhumi
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Topic Author's Original Post - Feb 8, 2015 - 08:22am PT
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I am looking to interview a self identified "climate change skeptic" for a graduate school assignment. The idea is to learn about another perspective by discussing these types of questions:
Sample Questions:
1. How would you describe your perspective on climate change?
2. Why do you feel this way?
3. Are there any specific people who have influenced your opinion on this topic?
4. Are there any specific informational sources (news, websites) that have influenced your opinion on this topic?
5. Are there any specific statements about climate change that you find hard to believe? If so, why?
6. Is there anything else you would like to share about this topic?
If anyone is game to help out reply here or send me a message.
Thank you,
Ryan
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ryankelly
Trad climber
Bhumi
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 8, 2015 - 08:55am PT
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Thanks for the suggestion.
I'm really looking to talk with anyone who is skeptical about climate change in general or as it is related to human activities.
Anyone else out there want to be interviewed?
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Reeotch
climber
4 Corners Area
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You should try to contact this Eric Karlstrom. He's retired now. I've heard some interviews with him. He seems to be a reasonable person, and an expert in the field.
http://www.naturalclimatechange.us/
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Try getting ahold of Howard Shectar sp? He seems to be a bit of a sceptic and would be interesting to hear what he has to say.
http://www.mammothweather.com
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ryankelly
Trad climber
Bhumi
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 8, 2015 - 10:46am PT
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Thanks for the suggestions.
It does not need to be an expert by any means. I am almost more interested in hearing from "non-experts."
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WBraun
climber
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Just copy and past the whole "Climate Change skeptics?" thread into your school paper and yer done ....
:-)
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
From Panorama City, CA
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Maybe it should all be called Earth Change. People should start wrapping their heads around what 7 billion people and more on the way really means, because it's not pretty.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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Just copy and past the whole "Climate Change skeptics?" thread into your school paper and yer done ....
That would be plagiarism since DMT has copyrighted it.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Try to interview Ron...and wear a kevlar vest...
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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Why not get on the climate change thread and PM the ones that might be of interest to your project???...
he's looking for skeptics not deniers
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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Wow... as a grad student in geology working in Quat Strat Easterbrook was often referenced by me. he was/is also good friends of my grad advisors. Sounds like a kook now.
Easterbrook's abuse of his credentials has and continues to do harm on public policy matters. I very much appreciate the willingness of the WWU Geology Department to take this matter on in a head on manner. It could not possibly be easy to essentially disown a fellow colleague. As a Western Geology alum count me as joining the Department's view.
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ryankelly
Trad climber
Bhumi
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 8, 2015 - 12:05pm PT
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DMT
The assignment is to interact and gather information from a climate change skeptic to better understand another point of view. The sample questions at the top of the thread are basically what the interview would look like.
Anyone should feel free to respond any of the questions. Just typing your thoughts would be useful. Thanks yo.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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DMT is quite adept with camera and video, you might want to enlist his aid in documenting the earth is flat folks.
Skeptical?
If humans are in fact having an effect on the climate of Earth, then so too shouldn't they also be having a small, but measurable effect on the climate of other planetrs in the solar system?
Since no effect has been measured elsewhere, then we must all remain skeptical. Throw this graph into your paper just to confuse the prof (they usually are easlily befuddled by numbers and computation).
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WBraun
climber
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The world used to be round and whole.
The modern mundane men who rule world today have made it flat.
If one thinks too much they will kick you off it's edge .....
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ryankelly
Trad climber
Bhumi
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 8, 2015 - 03:52pm PT
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Aspen, Thank you for the. Are you willing to be interviewed or at least write your responses the the questions I posted above?
I'm more interested in the response from regular folks than experts.
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McHale's Navy
Trad climber
From Panorama City, CA
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You won't get anything intelligible from a regular person. People are a bit twisted by the 'debate'. You want truth? I'll give you the truth!
The line actually goes 'you can't handle the truth' of course. Absolutely nothing can come of your project......that can serve the subject the justice it deserves.
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ryankelly
Trad climber
Bhumi
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 8, 2015 - 04:45pm PT
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Its a one page interview about someone's perspective. Its not a thesis project. It will be interesting to compare my interview with what others bring in from their interviews.
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Peter Haan
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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From the look at Brownie's image just above, I bet Werner is rushing down to Merced to find matching flatware.
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