Scientist fights back: A point by point thrashing of Monckton by an actual scientist
For those who do not know, Christopher Monckton is a feature of climate denier circles. He is a sort of a British Beck, but rather than being a “regular” guy, like Beck, Monckton is a British Lord who fraudulently and shamelessly promotes himself as a scientist. He is a journalist who ran a rightwing paper in Britian with no scientific credentials at all. He famously argued that all people should be forced to be tested for AIDS once per month, and those with AIDS should be isolated compulsorily. He also likes to present himself as a member of the British House of Lords. He isn’t.
There is a clear pattern with Monckton. When he presents science from climate scientists, each conclusion he draws from the data and makes in his presentations is directly and completely contradicted by both the original source material he himself refers to and by the source authors themselves when they are asked about it.
Dr. John Abraham of St. Thomas University in Minnesota, a researcher into thermal fluids, took the time to utterly and thoroughly debunk “Lord” Christopher Monckton and the pseudo science, open lies and distortions he peddles. It is also useful because Monckton propagandizes most of the standard denialist talking points. To see him crushed is to see them all crushed.
“The number of errors Chris Monckton makes is so enormous it would take a thesis to go through every single one of them.”
What makes this presentation so amazing is that he tracked down each false slide of Monkton’s and each cherry picked quote. This is the single most thorough and academic evisceration of Monkton’s fraud I have ever seen.
Since Abraham was trying to be thorough, and Monckton lies so very much, the presentation is quite long. I present this as a resource for anyone who wants to instantly take apart this fraud.
Here is the presentation:
Here is a great article about it:
For a shorter presentation about Monckton, Peter Sinclair made two Youtube videos about him. Monckton lies so much that even Sinclair had to do it in two parts.
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Part 2:
