Comments on: World Dendro 2010 Withdraws Invitation

By: Wondering Aloud

Wondering Aloud — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:27:36 +0000

So far it looks like all the tree ring reconstructions are highly suspect. If he answers you Tom it can only be either he has no way to be sure or that the reconstructions are even worse than the nearly useless they now appear.

In case you didn’t notice what “happened in November” was powerful evidence that the entire tree ring temperature relation doesn’t work worth a hoot. It doesn’t matter how you adjust the sample even the cherry picked data sets from Briffa show cooling where the claim is greatest warming. This is what “hide the decline” is all about.

I don’t think that is the answer you want. Are you merely trying to obfuscate and confuse the issue?

By: Wondering Aloud

Wondering Aloud — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:16:04 +0000

Wow what a silly claim this is. Combining a deliberate misunderstanding of what auditing is and combining it with the huge straw man “finish some work”.

Thanks for Trolling on by Poly.

By: Harold

Harold — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:53:24 +0000

In other words, good science is science, and the rest is not?

By: Harold

Harold — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:51:25 +0000

Indeed, Dr. Gray seems an interesting case in point. He’s very busy publishing dendro based reconstructions of rainfall. His qualifications? He received his PhD in botany 7 years ago, and he’s the Wyoming State Climatologist.

Personally, I think things would be better if very experienced physicists and statisticians were heading up all this.

By: JP

JP — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:20:07 +0000

Update2 Feb 22: I’ve received an invitation to send in an abstract to one of the parallel workshop sessions.

That’s great. As a Finn I’d be very glad to see you there. Hope they will give you a bigger room than the plenary session has, so that we will not run out of seats.

Welcome!

By: Steve F

Steve F — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:36:18 +0000

I work for the University of Wyoming and let me tell you this kind of behavior by people at our University drives me crazy. We are caught up in the whole green movement here, sustainable this, CO2 that. Blowing countless dollars on projects that only serve to make us look good to the other warmists in control of most of the Universities in the country, without doing any good for the student population or the vast majority of researchers.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:56:01 +0000

I must be missing something. We all know that Steve is a baby-eating monster who likes to tap-dance on a bed of kittens. How could he possibly be invited to a conference on anything?

Oh no, wait. That’s just how he’s treated. Has anyone ever come up with a reasonable explanation for the lack of basic manners amongst global warmists? Whether they agree with him or not, they could at least be polite.

Grrr.

By: Dr Iain McQueen

Dr Iain McQueen — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:41:35 +0000

Re: Dr Iain McQueen (Feb 22 10:39), I'll contribute to the tip jar if it looks a safe meeting!

By: Dr Iain McQueen

Dr Iain McQueen — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:39:23 +0000

Oh Ho! There has been some talk and contemplation.
Steve , do you know more of the format of the session? You’ve got to be careful about lynch mobs, though I suspect there is a moderate contingent, possibly running the meeting, and this is still, I hope, a genuine approach.

By: Steve McIntyre

Steve McIntyre — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:30:54 +0000

I’ve received an invitation to send in an abstract to one of the parallel workshop sessions.