Open access notables
What does intellectual bankruptcy often look like? Trying to switch topics by going ad hominem, that s what. When somebody stops thinking and begins flinging irrelevant insults, threats and accusations at a person, we re seeing a crisply humiliating admission: I have nothing. Going broke isn t free. In the case of climate science it s climate scientists who bear costs. Global Witness quantifies this, finding that some 50% of climate scientists have found themselves on the receiving end of vitriol hurled by (surrendering, let s remember) abusers in various online venues. Being outsmarted by a woman seems to be particularly enraging for losers, or so disproportionate statistics of degenerate behaviors suggest. The entire sorry and shaming report is available as a PDF: Global Hating. From this week s collection of government and NGO reports.