evilteabagger: A Sun-Climate Link? “Changes in the sun’s magnetism and in the reconstructed northern hemisphere’s land temperature are highly correlated over the last 240 years. The sun’s magnetic changes are associated with changes in its total energy output, and may explain the close connection to terrestrial temperatures on time scales of decades to centuries. The changes in the sun’s magnitism are represented by changes in the length of the “Hale polarity” or 22-year cycle, which is closely linked to the 11-year sunspot cycle. (Source: Baliunas and Soon, 1995, p. 896)” A few questions, Why is this in the politics tag? Why is this experiment still “a thing”? What are the qualifications of someone who promotes this to #politics? Clearly the poster and the promoter MUST be aware of the rebuttal by some of the scientists that Baliunas and Soon cite in their work. This has to be a prereq for promotion right? However if you’re not familiar with the literature, read the rebuttal at the link.

evilteabagger:

A Sun-Climate Link?

“Changes in the sun’s magnetism and in the reconstructed northern hemisphere’s land temperature are highly correlated over the last 240 years. The sun’s magnetic changes are associated with changes in its total energy output, and may explain the close connection to terrestrial temperatures on time scales of decades to centuries. The changes in the sun’s magnitism are represented by changes in the length of the “Hale polarity” or 22-year cycle, which is closely linked to the 11-year sunspot cycle. (Source: Baliunas and Soon, 1995, p. 896)”

A few questions,

  1. Why is this in the politics tag?
  2. Why is this experiment still “a thing”?
  3. What are the qualifications of someone who promotes this to #politics?

Clearly the poster and the promoter MUST be aware of the rebuttal by some of the scientists that Baliunas and Soon cite in their work. This has to be a prereq for promotion right? However if you’re not familiar with the literature, read the rebuttal at the link.

Oct. 27 2011
Via antigovernmentextremist
#science #pseudoscience #climate change #agw #global warming
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    This is not the first time that we, the community, has had this discussion. In fact, I’ve reblogged these kinds of posts...
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    Speaking as a newly minted editor, I might offer a qualified defense of #politics: 1. The editors each have their own...
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    LOOK AT ME! Ooo! Ooo! I can post statistupid graphicalness too!
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    I think we all know why this was featured in #politics. The Soon and Baliunas paper has long been considered bunk, so...
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    this is why the politics tag (and tags in general) are worthless and I generally only tag things as a joke.
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    One of the problems I have with the politics tag is that you can’t tell who featured something. There are also seems to...
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