Saturday, July 3, 2010

Top ten lists

In the alternative reality, there are the best papers in climate science and these are the worst.

Everything in the part of my taxonomy about skeptics is demonstrated:
  • - weak grasp of climate physics
  • - consequent overemphasis on statistics
  • - very confused idea of the history of climate science
  • - very confused idea of the state of the scientific culture.
Update: Eli was here before me.
at

5 comments:

  1. Nick BarnesJuly 4, 2010 at 4:18 AM

    Argh, need to scrub my brain now.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Captain PithartJuly 4, 2010 at 5:32 AM

    for more details on the 10 "best" papers check these links:

    http://greenfyre.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/climate-change-deniers-top-ten-list/

    http://rabett.blogspot.com/2008/10/believing-ten-impossible-things-before.html

    ReplyDelete
  3. EliRabettJuly 4, 2010 at 6:52 AM

    You left out incohenitherence. The boys are into very red queen territory.

    ReplyDelete
  4. VicDieselJuly 4, 2010 at 8:38 AM

    That second link is funny. Her top two "research papers" are speeches.

    V.

    ReplyDelete
  5. MarcoJuly 4, 2010 at 10:07 AM

    "Spencer has been a bastion of reliable temperature data" almost made me choke with laughter.

    ReplyDelete

Moderation is on. Apologies for any delays.



Err on the side of politesse and understatement please.



Before you speak, ask yourself if what you have to say will improve on silence.