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- Quote of the Week – dogmatic ‘mannerisms’ of science Wed, 8 May 13, 12:28amJudith Curry is featuring a report by Emil Røyrvik of Norwegian organization SINTEF, which has taken a semi critical look at the “climate wars”...
- Open thread weekend plus poll Sun, 6 May 12, 4:27amI have other projects to do this weekend, so I’m taking off. Moderation may be minimal or non-existent at times, so if your comment takes a long time to appear, don’t take it personally. In the meantime, please...
- Quote of the Week – alarmists missing targets Sat, 3 Mar 12, 8:33amRoss McKittrick writes in with this: A bracing essay at Pointman’s. I particularly like this bit: The problem the alarmists had, was that there was never anything substantial to hit back at. They had the equivalents...
- Peter Gleick lecturing the U.S. Senate on “deceitful tactics” Sun, 26 Feb 12, 10:01am“Copner” alerts us in comments to this public document: Testimony of Dr. Peter Gleick, February 7, 2007 Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Table 1 Categories of Deceitful Tactics and Abuse of the Scientific...
- Getting the year off to a good start Sun, 1 Jan 12, 7:20pmIt always helps to review the topics discussed here, as doing so always provides an educational opportunity for everyone. Given we are starting a whole new year of bringing the science to people who have doubts about the...
- Over-cooked or well done? Fri, 23 Sep 11, 2:49amBishop Hill has yet another amusing entry on the post facto revisionism going on over at the oxymorinically named Skeptical Science blog run by John Cook...
- Science Is Not Being Corrupted — Scientists Are Wed, 8 Jun 11, 2:11pmStory submitted by John Droz. Today I received an email from an editor, who was saying that “Science” depends on what your political persuasion is. I dispute that opinion and answered as follows — Briefly, what...