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The greatest scientific fraud in history is slowly but surely unraveling, and the breadth of the corruption revealed is stunning. As any good con man knows, and emotional appeal is necessary, and the warmists found their cuddly-looking icon of endangerment in the polar bear, an animal frequently chosen as stuffed toys for children to hug. Pictures of polar bears on ice floes, presumably doomed to death by drowning as the Arctic ice disappeared, were used to tug on the heartstrings of adults and children alike, in order to scare them into willingly handing over power over their economic destiny to global mandarins who would reduce their standard of living.
“A guess to satisfy public demand” but wrapped in the prestige of settled science.
And on this basis, small children have gone to bed weeping, hugging their stuffed teddy bears, worried sick about the doom facing these cuddly animals.
There is so much fraud in the warmist movement that a reckoning must be had, or else we will lose scientific progress, the very engine that has brought us our standard of living. Corruption left untouched multiplies.
originally posted by: 727Sky
a reply to: eXia7
Yes I saw your thread and I think I even stared it.. Someday we can take our stars and flags (and $10) and buy each other a cup of coffee.. I wonder if this will be covered on MSM? Nah no wonder here.
originally posted by: Hoosierdaddy71
50% of all statistics are made up! at least half the time.
I got that from a reliable source. Ny brothers friend said he saw it on the internet.
Lol
originally posted by: eXia7
I actually did a thread about polar bear populations, and they are actually stable, and doing well.
Since 2005, this range has been 20-25,000.
According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, there are an estimated 20,000 to 25,000 polar bears worldwide
originally posted by: Benevolent Heretic
originally posted by: eXia7
I actually did a thread about polar bear populations, and they are actually stable, and doing well.
It's interesting that your numbers are the same as the ones in the OP.
From the OP's article:
Since 2005, this range has been 20-25,000.
And from yours:
According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, there are an estimated 20,000 to 25,000 polar bears worldwide
So, one is an educated guess and the other is an estimate. But they're both the same... One meant to prove they are endangered and the other meant to prove that they are abundant.
I wonder... is this number an overestimate or an underestimate... I don't think either thread proves anything at all.
originally posted by: eXia7
Maybe we should form an ATS research team and go study polar bears since we can't trust anybody to give us a straight answer?
originally posted by: stormson
a reply to: 727Sky
no scientist was named, and no confession given.
the title was a complete falsehood.
originally posted by: stormson
a reply to: 727Sky
no scientist was named, and no confession given.
the title was a complete falsehood.
Last week (May 22), I received an unsolicited email from Dr. Dag Vongraven, the current chairman of the IUCN [International Union for the Conservation of Nature – TL] Polar Bear Specialist Group (PBSG). The email from Vongraven began this way: “Dr. Crockford Below you’ll find a footnote that will accompany a total polar bear population size range in the circumpolar polar bear action plan that we are currently drafting together with the Parties to the 1973 Agreement. This might keep you blogging for a day or two.” [my bold]
“As part of past status reports, the PBSG has traditionally estimated a range for the total number of polar bears in the circumpolar Arctic. Since 2005, this range has been 20-25,000. It is important to realize that this range never has been an estimate of total abundance in a scientific sense, but simply a qualified guess given to satisfy public demand. It is also important to note that even though we have scientifically valid estimates for a majority of the subpopulations, some are dated. Furthermore, there are no abundance estimates for the Arctic Basin, East Greenland, and the Russian subpopulations.Consequently, there is either no, or only rudimentary, knowledge to support guesses about the possible abundance of polar bears in approximately half the areas they occupy. Thus, the range given for total global population should be viewed with great caution as it cannot be used to assess population trend over the long term.” [my bold]
I totally believed the polar bears were dying out.