Matt Ridley
Author, newspaper columnist, rational optimist, peer, Northumbrian. Keen on science, scepticism, genes, evolution, innovation, "ideas having sex".
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An Orgy of Innovation
The economic historian Deirdre McCloskey coined the term “innovationism" to describe the phenomenal rise in innovation over the past couple hundred years. While there have always been inventors and innovators, that number exploded after the...
Pipe down, Elton, you eco-snob
Elton John’s defence of Harry and Meghan was hilariously elitist.
How green is St Greta’s Ark? Er, not very
How green is St Greta’s Ark? Er, not very
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Matt Ridley
"This entire eco-stunt, the sacerdotal reverence with which it’s being treated, and the invective heaped on those who dare challenge it, is in many ways an ideal metaphor for how Green ideology has acquired all the characteristics of a religious cult."
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"Add all these up, and suddenly this venture doesn’t look anything like as green as it’s made out to be. But in this inversion of the fable of The Emperor’s New Clothes, we aren’t allowed to say so."
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"Ignore for a moment both the grotesque cynicism of egregiously exploiting a clearly troubled and vulnerable child to advance an eco-totalitarian political agenda, and the incongruity that few of us can whistle up a $4million, 18-metre (60ft) yacht."
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HS2 is a colossal waste of money, finally we have the impetus to scrap it
Grant Shapps’ first major announcement as Transport Secretary – a review on whether HS2 should go ahead - is excellent news for British taxpayers.
The Key to Arctic Survival: Improvised Implements of Excrement
In recent days the Internet has been justifiably besotted by this magnificent 1947 photo of Peter Freuchen and his wife.
Anglicans and atheists, unite against intolerance
We now know from Peter Clarke’s report, published today but leaked last week, that there was indeed “co-ordinated, deliberate and sustained action to introduce an intolerant and aggressive Islamist...
Why raising wages can save businesses money
A slight weirdness about the world is that it is, often enough, cheaper to raise workers’ wages than reduce them. This is not the output of some righteous woke model where being deferential to employees pays dividends, this is a matter of cold hard...
National Association of Scholars - Nature Communications Creates a Scientist Blacklist by Peter Wood
Matt Ridley
"Rather than seek more convincing arguments and better evidence for their views, however, Peterson, Vincent, and Westerling suggest erecting barricades to the expression of the views of the climate contrarians."
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"Nature Communications has published an article which forwards the technology of censorship in pursuit of political activism, but which does not even pretend to forward scientific knowledge."
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Part 1: Smoking prevalence and cigarette consumption
Smoking, drinking and drug use among young people / school children
Vegan Unaware Pineapple He’s Eating Once Used To Beat Cow To Death
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The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature (Penguin Press Science): Amazon.co.uk: Matt Ridley: 9780140167726: Books
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The Anthropocene Is a Joke
On geological timescales, human civilization is an event, not an epoch.
Innovation is the key to the UK's prosperity - Boris must invest in it
Boris Johnson’s announcement of visa prioritisation for scientists can initiate an innovation revolution in the UK. Investment in infrastructure is not just about bricks and mortar. Britain’s success over the centuries was driven by its...
Leaked Report Points To Wind Farm Failure Causing UK Blackout - The Global Warming Policy Forum (GWPF)
National Grid’s preliminary investigation into the blackout that caused widespread disruption in England and Wales last week has raised the possibility that it was caused by the world’s largest offshore wind farm accidentally going offline. The...
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Matt Ridley
Looks like the wind industry and its poodles in the green movement were too quick to dismiss the idea that wind farm dependence caused last week’s blackouts.
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Matt Ridley
"National Grid’s preliminary investigation into the blackout that caused widespread disruption in England and Wales last week has raised the possibility that it was caused by the world’s largest offshore wind farm accidentally going offline."
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Thunbergs Segelreise in die USA: Gretas Törn schädlicher als Flug
Thunbergs Segeltörn nach New York verursacht mindestens sechs Flüge über den Atlantik. Würde sie fliegen, wäre die Reise klimafreundlicher.
Matt Ridley on LinkedIn: ""Matt Ridley, world renowned author of The Rational Optimist and other global best sellers, makes the airtight case that contrary to the unending stream of downbeat news and gloomy predictions about the future, the Earth has neve
August 13, 2019: Matt Ridley posted an article on LinkedIn
PODCAST || Matt Ridley: Optimism In The Face Of The “Bad News Industry”
Worldwide quality of life is improving at an accelerated rate.
Matt Ridley
I appeared on What's Ahead to talk to @SteveForbesCEO about optimism in the face of the "Bad News Industry"
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Matt Ridley
"Matt Ridley makes the airtight case that contrary to the unending stream of downbeat news and gloomy predictions about the future, the Earth has never been a better place in which to live than it is today."
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Spare me the rural ignorance of Labour luvvies from posh London postcodes
The press release detailing the Labour Party’s proposed review of grouse shooting deserves a place in the National Archives.
Matt Ridley
"Newcastle and Durham universities estimated that if game-keepers stopped work – as Labour’s policy implies – the result would be
87 per cent fewer curlew chicks and
95 per cent fewer golden plover." Every year. Botham is right.
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Domestic Livestock and Its Alleged Role in Climate Change | IntechOpen
It is very old wisdom that climate dictates farm management strategies. In recent years, however, we are increasingly confronted with claims that agriculture, livestock husbandry, and even food consumption habits are forcing the climate to change....
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Matt Ridley
I have found that those who cite agriculture as a source of greenhouse gas emissions fail to take into account that the wild ecosystems it replaces would also emit, and therefore they measure gross not net emissions. This paper addresses this.
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