tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post3789524529681316182..comments2023-09-28T08:13:11.489-07:00Comments on Only In It For The Gold: NSF: Letter "Fraudulent"Michael Tobishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-83323344919661579792010-06-13T09:03:08.571-07:002010-06-13T09:03:08.571-07:00Texas being Texas, this story might just as well h...Texas being Texas, this story might just as well have been about a project to "disprove" evolution, the age of the earth, or relativity.<br /><br />The local newspaper that broke the original story now reports that the hoaxer has owned up and apologised.<br /><br />In this case evidently there was no grand plan, just a reporter who took the story at face value (quite reasonable in the circumstances), a few bloggers desperate for anything to discredit climate science, and one nationally known political opinionator (Moranis) burned by his eagerness to get in on the act.<br /><br />This really is beginning to look like creationism all over again. There are two sides: those prepared to permit the scientific process to guide their thought and those out to discredit the process because they find the conclusions unacceptable.Tony Sidawayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05574184901254178514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-77531944869095762572010-06-09T19:08:36.763-07:002010-06-09T19:08:36.763-07:00It was kind of strange. Curry did offer to mentor...It was kind of strange. Curry did offer to mentor the Maine girl and got blown off, which made it very clear what was afoot.EliRabetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-12909966247707295422010-06-08T19:52:25.983-07:002010-06-08T19:52:25.983-07:00Nice job. Now it's on to unmasking the CRU hac...Nice job. Now it's on to unmasking the CRU hackers, no?<br /><br />Seriously, this represents the best of the citizen journalism era.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05818642659325983463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-33231129631416766682010-06-08T19:06:01.468-07:002010-06-08T19:06:01.468-07:00As a global warming skeptic, I thought right from ...As a global warming skeptic, I thought right from the beginning the story was too good to be true. No way would Al Gore expose himself to that kind of embarrassment.<br /><br />Nothing about the story made sense. What made the hoax possible was an unscrupulous hoaxer(s)and a newspaper that didn't check the facts. The result: A victimized school and family.Bradley J. Fikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09122849053315708616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-13902797137172441252010-06-08T18:34:39.303-07:002010-06-08T18:34:39.303-07:00Had to switch back to comment moderation again, eh...Had to switch back to comment moderation again, eh?Steve Bloomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12943109973917998380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-12800242372395665082010-06-08T18:33:23.277-07:002010-06-08T18:33:23.277-07:00But she cleaned up on contributions to her scholar...But she cleaned up on contributions to her scholarship fund, Tony! Hmm, perhaps that was the whole point.<br /><br />I recall that Judy Curry was quite taken with her.Steve Bloomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12943109973917998380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-56661813133984479722010-06-08T14:11:54.465-07:002010-06-08T14:11:54.465-07:00Wasn't there an earlier instance of a teenage ...Wasn't there an earlier instance of a teenage girl who published a "takedown" of climate science and briefly became a cause celebre of the sceptic community? "Look, climate science is so easily debunked that even a high school student can do it!"<br /><br />As I recall, she focussed on the Maunder Minimum and made a lot of undergraduate level errors.Tony Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01793245303802414316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-44730272427242957582010-06-08T10:12:35.014-07:002010-06-08T10:12:35.014-07:00I'm a skeptic and have been investigating it.
...I'm a skeptic and have been investigating it.<br /><br />Skeptics are this: they investigate things, and find them wrong or right!<br /><br />In this case, the most clear signal was that the temperatures in NASA's site didn't agree with the claims, as I've noticed on my blog.<br /><br />EcotretasEcoTretashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16486153894424183884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-32274924717255327442010-06-08T09:54:33.694-07:002010-06-08T09:54:33.694-07:00Perhaps you're right, sdcougar. It does rather...Perhaps you're right, sdcougar. It does rather look like an Onion headline, now I come to think of it...Andy Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16313161977123410684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-4490162663545729512010-06-08T09:27:41.379-07:002010-06-08T09:27:41.379-07:00I would halve Andy's comment and simply state ...I would halve Andy's comment and simply state that skeptics are gullible [as are many on the other side of the fence].<br /><br />No one knows who did this and it could just as easily be someone trying to embarrass the skeptics.MikeSnowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462825086786614647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-80497183859052328592010-06-08T09:14:50.847-07:002010-06-08T09:14:50.847-07:00Great stuff!
Once again "skeptics" prov...Great stuff!<br /><br />Once again "skeptics" prove to be both unprincipled and gullibleAndy Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16313161977123410684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-78272917944968465612010-06-08T08:43:50.799-07:002010-06-08T08:43:50.799-07:00Thanks, Rich!Thanks, Rich!Michael Tobishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08229460438349093944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8524070301101240472.post-47336186421127757282010-06-08T08:38:25.184-07:002010-06-08T08:38:25.184-07:00Kudos on your investigative journalism!
Whether t...Kudos on your investigative journalism!<br /><br />Whether the NSF will try to prosecute the fraud, or not, remains to be seen.Orne Batmagoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00831749517308322632noreply@blogger.com