Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!nntp.TheWorld.com!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) Newsgroups: sci.physics Subject: Re: The world is full of self-righteous morons Supersedes: Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 13:20:30 +0000 (UTC) Organization: The World : www.TheWorld.com : Since 1989 Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: <4fbeebde-f72e-46d6-acb3-a2dae3950a4b@googlegroups.com> <532c75a0-a593-4ad6-849a-46b51e0b3440@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: shell01.theworld.com X-Trace: pcls7.std.com 1544448030 32162 192.74.137.71 (10 Dec 2018 13:20:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@TheWorld.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 13:20:30 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: nn/6.6.5 Xref: csiph.com sci.physics:717549 On Sunday, December 9, 2018 at 9:46:22 AM UTC-8, James McGinn wrote: >>> ... Recently I had a Twitter argument with Patrick Moore (formerly of >>>Green Peace). He stubbornly insisted that it was my responsibility to >>>show him proof positive that moisture in clear, moist air (at ambient >>>temps) contains liquid and not gaseous H2O. >>And he is correct to do this. >Was he correct to ignore the H2O phase diagram? He was correct to tell you that it is up to YOU to prove your kooky claims, not up to him to prove standard science just because you show up and throw something at him. So get to work!