Actually this climate debate is more about hocus pocus than anything else. at
least a it is. That climate change is occurring is undeniable, and the oddity
would be no climate change occurring. The climate is going to change
regardless. The issue of why is where the hocus pocus comes in. There i
ous political trends of the day.
Rob Hamilton
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Sent: Thu 7/5/2012 2:57 AM
To: Robert Hamilton
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Seriously? In my
ssible.
Phil Ganter
Department of Biological Sciences
Tennessee State University
On 7/5/12 9:29 AM, "Robert Hamilton" wrote:
My skepticism regrading the CO2 argument comes from looking at what causes the
greenhouse effect and the relative contribution of CO2 to the greenhouse
effect. As we
nal basic objectives of the founders of the ESA. The
"Earth Manifesto" does not involve ecology.
Robert Hamilton, PhD
Professor of Biology
Alice Lloyd College
Pippa Passes, KY 41844
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the CO2 argument defines us.
Robert Hamilton, PhD
Professor of Biology
Alice Lloyd College
Pippa Passes, KY 41844
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from fewer than 1% of all reports on the question, while those few
reports lack credible analysis matter?
Sincerely, David McNeely
Robert Hamilton wrote:
> Science works to persuade when it provides real data, not weak
> hypotheticals. Consider the issue of ozone vs CO2. Lots of real d
ilton
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Dear Rob and the rest of Ecolog listserve,
I am not a cl
e effective, just as in the
present case of CO2 and its effect on the atmosphere.
Robert Hamilton, PhD
Professor of Biology
Alice Lloyd College
Pippa Passes, KY 41844
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ee to point out any mistakes I've made.
Paul Backus
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Robert Hamilton wrote:
> Martin:
>
> What you are suggesting here is that the proposition that CO2
> increases are causing global warming must be accepted unless it is proven
> false.
pt it if it serves your interests and assume the accompanying risk (if the
authority is wrong, you wind up wasting your efforts, maybe your career) for
your own sake.
Rob Hamilton
Robert Hamilton, PhD
Professor of Biology
Alice Lloyd College
Pippa Passes, KY 41844
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Things we are doing now that seem to cost a lot of money are things like the
waste on accreditation. Waste on politically correct courses and curricula.
Waste on unnecessary administration to cover every little contingency that
could come up and unnecessary waste on useless fixed assets like Gre
like Walmart and McDonalds. Lots of people work
8+ hours per say 50 weeks a year, like say my Dad, and had no problem
raising a family and contributing to the community. This whole thing is
a study in extreme narcissism. How's that for a wet blanket!
Robert Hamilton, PhD
Professor of Biology
just seems to me that we
academics, who are obliged to teach 7-15 hours of classes a week for 32
weeks, mentor some grad students and maintain a research program at the
most, have it pretty soft, with plenty of time for family and other
obligations.
Robert Hamilton, PhD
Professor of Biology
Alice
inding that 2.
Family is no excuse for non-productivity. In fact, not opinion, using
family as such an excuse is somewhat despicable!
Robert Hamilton, PhD
Professor of Biology
Alice Lloyd College
Pippa Passes, KY 41844
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Climate change has to happen. With respect to temperature, over any
period of time temperature will go up...or go down..on average as
compared with any other period of time.
That human activities, specifically, the release of CO2 into the
atmosphere, will have serious consequences is a prediction
IMHO, succession stands still as the one thing that we can take as solid
theory in ecology. Since Clements, there has been a lot of re inventing
of the wheel, however nonetheless we still can and do observe succession
and it stands as the basic point of reference for most ecology.
Theories on div
Don't know if you want to post a contrasting view, but I'll offer one
up.
No question that human generated CO2 is causing global warming, in my
opinion. There is, however, no evidence of a deleterious effect,
especially given the fact that the climate does and will change one way
or another anywa
ng or most dire problem is per se, but whether our actions
result in a sustainable and equitable society for us as well as a
viable habitat for the rest of the planet *. But I suppose I am
preaching to the choir.
-Gene
On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Robert Hamilton wrote:
> Don't know
acts of increased CO2 are still
controversial, a
> lot of people seem ready to characterise any views other than their
own as
> nonsense. This too can be an embarassment for the rest of the
science
> community.
>
> Bill Silvert
>
>
> - Original Message - Fr
Global warming is a ruse. There is no evidence contemporary global
warming will cause sea level rise, for example. Sea levels are pretty
high anyways. warm the atmosphere, more water goes into the air, more is
cycled onto land. Will sea levels rise? Will it make some great
difference, especially wi
astoundingly ill-informed that it might be useful
for
lectures on how unaware the public is about scientific issues, perhaps
accompanied by illustrations of dodos, passenger pigeons, and numerous
other
species hunted to extinction.
Bill Silvert
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From: "Rober
Another aspect of gross misconduct is people who have some axe to grind causing
legitimate papers to be not published and legitimate grants to be not funded.
This deviant behavior leads to the publication of somewhat goofy papers and the
funding of inferior research. It also drives a lot of qual
"So easy it seemed once found, which yet
unfound most would have thought impossible"
John Milton
Robert G. Hamilton
Department of Biological Sciences
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There is no energy source that can power the lifestyle we live in the US
for more than maybe 50-100 more years. The resources do not exist to
allow "the world" in the broad sense to live the lifestyle we live in
the US/western Europe. We will simply deplete the resources we now have
and our lifesty
While there is a risk to nuclear paower, there is a risk associated with all
methods of power generation. One thing that goads me a little, living in
Mississippi, is the hypocracy of people in say California, who really get their
backs up at the thought of any sort of power plant being built the
I don't know if too many people would have much trouble with the sort of thing
you describe. However, what I see as somewhat insidious is the repackaging of
the old discredited Wynne-Edwards arguments with concepts of "memes", which I
guess started with Dawkins' Extended Phenotype to produce rea
I have been working on a long term project to assess diversity in local
forests (in Mississippi). One of the problems that is always bothering
me is what seems to be excessive taxonomic splitting, especially with
taxa like Oaks. Black Oak, Water Oak, Blackjack Oak, a polytypic species
that has occu
I guess you could have a law that things evolve, but what we look at as
a theory of evolution is too complex for a concept as simple as a "law".
The problem we have with any theory is the issue of what is a theory,
especially the nonsense hypothetico-deductive "model" presented in high
school and f
The problem is we are not teaching politics. If you want to have some sort of
political science class that looks at the politics of this, fine. Otherwise
political haranguing only causes the problem to get worse. No one has done more
harm on the issue of Global Warming that people like Al Gore.
One of the biggest stumbling blocks I have to deal with when teaching
"what is science" is the "hypothetico-deductive" model of a "theory"
presented in far too many science textbooks. I refer specifically to the
fool notion that theories start out as some sort of speculation that you
develop into a
It's a monograph published by Carneige. I lost mine somewhere. You cannot get
it online, I've looked. If you expect some sort of crank with some sort of GAIA
hypothesis, you will be dissapointed! IMHO Clements is almost deliberately
misrepresented on the issue. Some others used Clements to reall
Definately, many thanks. I am presenting Clements v Gleason next week,
and this saves me a trip to get a copy. I am going to rip Gleason, FWIW,
because IMHO the main point in criticizing Clements has more to do with
not liking Clements' experimental approach to ecology, and wanting to
stay with eco
dison
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Date: Friday, February 16, 2007 4:21 pm
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] 1916 Clements reference in electronic version?
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ll probably
miss yet another day in the life of ecolog digests, but thanks for
letting me provide a postscript.
Skip J. Van Bloem, PhD
Dept. of Agronomy and Soils
University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
> Date:Sat, 17 Feb 2007 13:51:50 -0600
> From:Robert Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED
Actually, it's hard to find cases where applied research in and of
itself has ever lead to anything. It's almost always, if not always,
applications of stuff learned via basic research.
"So easy it seemed once found, which yet
unfound most would have thought impossible"
John Milton
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The answer is much simpler. The Theory of Evolution explains those data.
No other theory does. Someone wants to propose another theory to explain
those data, I'd be all ears, but my ears are closed the "theories" that
are nothing more than criticisms of other theories.
Rob Hamilton
"So easy it se
The ecology I know is one of the most quantitative of sciences. It has
also been my experience that it is quantitative methods that students
tend to find "inaccessible". Ecology before college would be a good way
to introduce people to quantitative methods and their use in science.
Rob Hamilton
"
I guess I am pretty much a polar opposite attitudewise to the views
expressed in this post. Human beings are not disk drives. The purpose of
education is to learn how to do things, and to understand things. Recall
does not equal learning. It really doesn't matter that much if you spell
words like r
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Also, "instructional methods" don't mean so much at higher levels. At
the graduate level especially, students are adults and should be able to
develop the necessary understanding in any environment. We are all going
to approach each discipline differently. While I can see, and I
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