Comments on: Behind Closed Doors: “Perpetuating Rubbish”

By: Girma

Girma — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:43:22 +0000

Steve McIntyre

When are you going to be awarded for your contribution to the truth; i.e. science?

That was a brilliant article, Steve.

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The Top Ten Signs That You’re A Denier | The Policy Lass — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:05:56 +0000

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Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:24:52 +0000

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By: Hu McCulloch

Hu McCulloch — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:43:13 +0000

To be clear, “c***” is Bradley’s term, not mine, and I appologize to Prof. Yang and co-authors for having repeated it so casually.

That said, I think it would be ideal if future studies would disaggregate the Yang series back into the 9 series that they have identified as informative, and then to evaluate each on its own merits. Even if some of the individual series turn out to be dubious, Yang and co-authors have performed a useful service by identifying and compiling several series that otherwise might have escaped Western attention. Disaggregation would also allow the data to be used with more geographical precision.

As it stands, the Yang composite shows a strong MWP and LIA, and then turns up at the end comparably to the MWP. (See plots in my SI linked above). No one denies that the 20th c has been warm in comparison to the LIA or even 19th c, so it appears to shed useful light on just how warm we are relative to the MWP.

By: Moderate Low Weight « Climate Audit

Moderate Low Weight « Climate Audit — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 20:35:08 +0000

[...] post is by Jean S.) A few days ago Steve discussed Raymond Bradley’s objection to use of the Yang Chinese composite reconstruction in the Mann [...]

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Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:42:13 +0000

[...] The Scientists who presented a united front that equated anyone who questioned the Mann reconstruction or the CRU database as being on the par with Holocaust Deniers in their emails to each other admitted discomfort, confusion and doubt with their pronouncements in private. [...]

By: Craig Loehle

Craig Loehle — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:11:03 +0000

secret squirrel….vs posting all data and code…hmmmm which should I choose…hard decision.

By: BobN

BobN — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:13:46 +0000

While you are, of course, correct that “emend” means to correct a faulty text, you are incorrect that “amend” only means when one pays compenstion for a wrong (or even that compensation is necesary for one to amend one’s wrong. “To change for the better” or “change to fix mistakes” are probably the most common definitons for the word “Amend”. Why do they call changes to the US Constitution “Amendments”?

By: Alix James

Alix James — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:10:54 +0000

re: 2519 Lets let our supporters in higher places use our scientific response to push the broader case against MM. So I look forward to peoples attempts to revise the first par. particular. I took the liberty of forwarding the previous draft to a handfull of our closet colleagues Sounds like a Stonecutters meeting...

By: Alix James

Alix James — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:57:50 +0000

Isn’t it like with models, each one of them being rubbish but magically considered relevant as an ensemble?

Kinda sounds like the housing collapse in 2008: each of the mortgages were rubbish, but magically considered viable as an ensemble…