tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156536327610779049.post3471303468633292982..comments2024-02-23T11:23:45.971-05:00Comments on Lost Motorcyclist: The Hockey Stick Graph at TALLost Motorcyclisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08873504561959138792noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156536327610779049.post-70044916064817151402013-02-24T09:09:00.881-05:002013-02-24T09:09:00.881-05:00OK - thanks for the clarification.
There are, of ...OK - thanks for the clarification.<br /><br />There are, of course, considerable differences between the (usual peer-reviewed) 'science' on climate change and the IPCC assessment reports.<br /><br />The IPCC reports are the output of a committee and, as such, fraught with compromises (not mention subject to political pressures, &c.) <br /><br />If anything, the IPCC assessments have been criticized for being far too conservative, especially in terms of their summaries (which likely are all most people, especially politicians, read in any event). Which actually works against McKitrick's contentions.<br /><br />'<i> IPCC higher-ups, fearful of being attacked by climate skeptics, have "bent over backwards" to allow greater input from contrarians.</i>' ...<br /><br />http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=climate-science-predictions-prove-too-conservative<br /><br /><br />Madeyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02593933575568389288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156536327610779049.post-87514047264098390292013-02-23T07:56:35.736-05:002013-02-23T07:56:35.736-05:00He was referring to the method of producing the IP...He was referring to the method of producing the IPCC reports, where (if I understand corrrectly) there is one chance for a critical view, but the original report writers are given the last say in the final version of the report after they review the dissenting research. So it has an adversarial component, but does not give much of an opening for critics. Of course, I learned about this from Ross McKitrick, so I only heard one side of that story.Lost Motorcyclisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08873504561959138792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156536327610779049.post-77878657908550998062013-02-23T07:41:42.253-05:002013-02-23T07:41:42.253-05:00McKitrick 'believes that an adversarial approa...McKitrick '<i>believes that an adversarial approach would be better</i> '?<br /><br />He's being a bit disingenuous, isn't he? Science <i><b>is</b></i> an 'adversarial' process, isn't it? And a process that's served us reasonably well in most areas of research.<br /><br />Of course, those in disagreement with the prevailing paradigm often cry foul. Even Einstein refused to believe that, 'God plays dice with the universe.' (But, of course, QM would strongly suggest that He does just that ;-)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Madeyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02593933575568389288noreply@blogger.com