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Re:Peak Oil, Peak Phosphate by vincent-toups on Friday November 15, 2019 @11:16AM (#21546043)
So this user only posts content from one place, which I assume is their blog. That blog says its explicit purpose is to generate interest in their novels on Amazon.

So I think this is spam?

Re:Peak Oil, Peak Phosphate by nixtaken on Friday November 15, 2019 @11:23AM (#21546114)
Did any of the 50 posts promote the novels? No. The posts which promote the novels only make up a small fraction of what is contained in the blog. Most of the blog is about tech, culture, and physics.
Re:Peak Oil, Peak Phosphate by vincent-toups on Friday November 15, 2019 @11:24AM (#21546126)
Just calling it like I see it.
Re:Peak Oil, Peak Phosphate by posco on Friday November 15, 2019 @11:16AM (#21546045)
“ In any case, the model makes a testable prediction. If the sunspots are less frequent over the coming 20 years, she was right!”

Interesting goal posts: scientist working on carbon’s effect on the climate need to consider all kinds of other potential explanations despite their predictions of continued short term warming coming true. This person is in the fortunate position that she should be believed, not doubted as a coincidence as mainstream scientists should be, if her prediction comes true in a decade.

And if she’s wrong I guess we just say “...fuck...”