mircea_popescu: since i'm reading up on this : "In 1928 they improved the synthesis of CFCs and demonstrated their usefulness for such a purpose and their stability and nontoxicity. Kettering patented a refrigerating apparatus to use the gas"

mircea_popescu: nope. that'd be the strawmaning part of the entire thing i glossed over, but i guess you can add it to appeal to authority and social proofing.

mircea_popescu: im not a wikipedian. i am a human being.

mircea_popescu: you construct appeals to authority and attempts at social proof. i shrug and point at numbers.

mircea_popescu: lewicki i don't consider the epa an authority in any field.

mircea_popescu: course i suspect it's a frenchie thing.

mircea_popescu: jurov o i c

mircea_popescu: i don't recall any tenured professor being canned for not being competent. apparently the only way to get offed is fucking a student or something.

mircea_popescu: "No self-respecting scientist would ever utter a phrase like “the science is settled” or try to demonize dissenters." << this is kinda lulzy, seeing how i seem to recall 1900s physics being "A settled field"

mircea_popescu: hitler can not be possibly far behind, i've yet to see worhtless shits with delusions of grandeur simply bowing down into the dirt without a fight.

mircea_popescu: dub o the cathedral/bazaar dude, i remember.

mircea_popescu: anyway, i quoted the paragraph on its own merits, irrespective of author.

mircea_popescu: i have no idea, i don't noprmally follow the nonsense.

mircea_popescu: which is why i even bother pointing out the obvious re "global warming".

mircea_popescu: i could certainly do with a different set of pretend-scientists reaching "consensus"es

mircea_popescu: dub so basically... why are we not working on that then ? i recall the exact rethoric from the exact people twenty years ago about the ozone layer.

mircea_popescu: we managed to save that, i take it ?

mircea_popescu: TomServo im not throwing it out. i am merely observing you can't, from a scientific perspective, put too much weight on it.

mircea_popescu: and i shall be turned into a pillar of salt for doubting the word of "science"

mircea_popescu: fortunately i have access to actual scientists, as opposed to us govt stoogies.

mircea_popescu: i have.

mircea_popescu: herp. i knew i was gonna run into that. refusal to submit to an attempt to create a larger market for the mafia interest through liberal application of bad science should be disclosed as a liability!!1

mircea_popescu: jurov because these are largely contrary requirements i imagine/

mircea_popescu: pankkake sorta like the monthly reports mpex has been mandating since i dunno, 2011 ?

mircea_popescu: anyway. i am drinking underage merlot!

mircea_popescu: i recall it made my list of "ways to kill yourself".

mircea_popescu: well lsd in particular is quite lulzy for a schedule i substance

mircea_popescu: "Though these rules against testing are only DEA "guidelines" (we do not believe they are part of any law or publicly available official policy), representatives of at least one lab we spoke with have been threatened with having their license revoked after participating in research the DEA didn't like. Since DEA licensing is required in order to handle Schedule I substances, labs that work with such chemicals are under