Comments on: AGU Webinar on Michael Mann

By: AndyL

AndyL — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 22:12:07 +0000

If I compared Michael Mann to Lance Armstrong, would I be libelling either of them?

By: Brandon Shollenberger

Brandon Shollenberger — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 05:09:26 +0000

Nobody has been able to fully replicate Mann’s work, so I guess if you say the count for “every replication” is zero, that’s sort of, kind of true?

Yeah… I have no idea what he thinks is the basis for that. Then again, this is Michael Mann we’re talking about. Making bold and baseless statements is kind of what he does.

By: John A

John A — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 18:29:06 +0000

Mark Steyn is quaking in his boots:

I'll have more to say about this when I've stopped laughing.

Meanwhile Mann is furiously deleting all dissent on his Facebook page (presumably until he reaches an overwhelming consensus), including any comment that dares mention the dread word "discovery". I bet Mythbusters is banned in his house because he breaks into a cold sweat at the name of the channel.

By: John A

John A — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 18:22:59 +0000

So Mann’s lawyers are not familiar with other cases where FOIA has been used to uncover academic fraud? Really?

Do you think this will fly with the judge?

Me neither.

By: Dishman

Dishman — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:02:24 +0000

a leader of Cozen O’Connor’s Brownfield Development and Climate Change practices

Ah.

By: Ian Blanchard

Ian Blanchard — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:20:19 +0000

Steve might be particularly interested in the final sentence of #3 within Mann’s statement of claim.
“Every such investigation – and every replication of Dr Mann’s work – has concluded that Dr Mann’s research and conclusions were properly conducted and fairly presented”.

Obviously M&M’s published papers don’t count as (attempted) replication, and the Wegman report can safely be ignored because of poor referencing in the introduction.

By: Brian H

Brian H — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 09:44:59 +0000

You neglected to specify date and time.

By: theduke

theduke — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 19:21:57 +0000

Mann has filed suit against National Review, Mark Steyn and others.

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/10/23/breaking-mann-has-filed-suit-against-nro/

By: Bloke down the pub

Bloke down the pub — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:24:14 +0000

Sounds like they’re fishing for likely lines of attack.

By: pdtillman

pdtillman — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 18:17:57 +0000

YA great old scientific society whose administration has (apparently) been taken over by political/climate activists. Sigh.

AGU is a particularly odd case, in that geologists and geophysicists are often seen in the cAGW skeptic ranks — the idea that long-term climate could be regulated by *positive feedback* being spectacularly silly, to anyone with some knowledge of paleoclimates.

I guess they do have an atmospheric sciences section — which I pretty much ignored in my AGU days.

Peter D. Tillman
Professional geologist, advanced-amateur paleoclimatologist