Judged by the way I talk, I think I am a scientist.
ORLY?
You think that fighting against supporting your own points is being a scientist?
Here's a recent "gem" from Juvenissun, I'll let the other scientists determine if this sounds like someone who "talks" like a scientist:
I told you I am not sure how much CO3 was lowered in seawater. The OP suggested it is serious enough to stop the growth of coral. I doubt it. I give a number based on my hunch. I have no support for it.
-Discuss-
That is all you need to know about me in this forum.
Oh, you're right there. We all know quite a bit about your
real bona fides by the way you "talk" on here. You are the most resistant to posting support for your claims, you are the one who requires constant cajoling to get to bother to present a well-developed statement of the mechanisms of your points, or even support your ideas with a citation.
You spend so much time saying that things are "
complicate" but you never bother to write out the complication.
Scientists...and by that I mean
real scientists, occasionally deal in
details and don't just throw their hands up and say "it's complicate" and expect their "hunches" for which they "have no support" be accepted. When we
do throw our hands up, it is to access to our own failure to grasp the problem, not as a justification for our "ability" to handle the problem. We've all done it. But it isn't a badge of "honor".
THAT'S what lets us know exactly what your bona fides are.
(Like I said, we don't need to know specifically what you do for a living, but general information that preserves anonymity would tell us mountains of information. But as you know, your reticence to be nailed down as to what kind of science you really do tells us a lot. And I don't know about anyone else on here, but I personally have already formed an opinion of what you are.)
Again, if you need an example I'll give you an example of my background:
BS Geology (chem minor)
MS Geology
MS Thesis: chemical tracking of thermal maturity markers of kerogen in shales surrounding a major sedimentary basin
PhD: Geology
Dissertation: Coal chemistry, maceral alteration during industrial processing
Postdoc #1: carbon materials science (Chemistry postdoc)
Postdoc #2: carbon nanomaterials science (Chemistry)
Experience: oceanographic chemist technician with an east coast oceanographic research institute. Coal correlation studies for major coal company. 8 years as an Industrial chemistry/inorganic materials and mineral R&D
So if I make a comment on any of these areas you can reasonably expect me to have some familiarity with concepts. It also helps you know if I make a slip up where I'm coming from.
That's why I can talk about global warming, some amount of stuff around ocean chemistry, fossil fuels and minerals with some amount of experience with these things.
Now I don't expect you to be able to post anything about your background that looks like science because I suspect you realize what we will be able to tell from your posting. But now you know all you need to know about me on this forum.
