[King James]

let me start by saying that this video does not necessarily reflect my opinion of global warming... but he did come up with an interesting argument. So I'm hoping in this thread we can discuss the video without getting into rants and personal attacks

http://break.com/index/tough-to-argue.html

Edit: I have thought of some flaws I think he has in his argument but I will share them once some people comment.

 

[Dogwatch Dale-cl]

I believe his basic premise is flawed. He wants us to throw lots of money at a problem that he hasn't really defined. I don't believe we can make a good decision until we know what the facts are (sitting on my hands here doing my best not to argue my version of the facts.....). If we follow his logic, who do we give the money to? What will they do with it since he wants us to believe we can act upon something we don't know is true or not? Damn, almost started a rant. Anyway, I believe his premise that you can start spending money & acting like we can fix something with no defined problem statement is crazy.

 

[Golfman]

He's using Game Theory. He's an economist, you may remember that movie, a beautiful mind with russel crowe. Well, they got it wrong in the movie but his argument is based on that. Just assign point values to the squares equivalent to what outcome happens and add up the columns and whichever column has the highest point value is the action you take. Pretty cool stuff . I love economics.

 

[stormin]

Good video. Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

Climate change and poverty are the 2 biggest issues that threaten the standard of living we currently enjoy.

 

[Wang Lung-cl]

Let me get this straight. He encourages you to come to your own conclusion, conceding no axiom. Then he assumes his case is so powerful (axiomatic), that he further assumes you've adopted it, and tells you how to implement it.

This guy is a second rate thinker and a third rate salesman.

 

[stormin]

Let me get this straight. He encourages you to come to your own conclusion, conceding no axiom. Then he assumes his case is so powerful (axiomatic), that he further assumes you've adopted it, and tells you how to implement it.

This guy is a second rate thinker and a third rate salesman.

But you spent 9 minutes watching it. :r

 

[icehog3]

You gonna stump for Al Gore, Jimmy?

 

[King James]

You gonna stump for Al Gore, Jimmy?

negative, I am withholding my opinion on the subject for now to try and start an interesting dialogue on the subject

 

[Wang Lung-cl]

But you spent 9 minutes watching it. :r

Yes, I make great sacrifices to contribute to this board.