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    Climate denier recants

    This website, and its authors, are one of the main parties to the dispute detailed in 'the Hockey Stick Illusion', and I therefore continue to suggest that people read the book too. In fact, this thread is the one where Judith Curry appeared, hoping for a proper rebuttal to the points in the...
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    Climate denier recants

    I agree; I think the feedbacks question is more important, and there is scientific disagreement over that too. But the HSI is also about the scientific process, and how some pieces of evidence make into the literature, while others do not; and that is relevant to areas outside the hockey stick...
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    Climate denier recants

    P.S. I hope to do my disappearing act again soon, but in the spirit of reconciliation, to John Cantelo: I have enjoyed the vast majority of your posts over the years, you have contributed far more to BirdForum than I ever have or will, and so I am sorry if my initial choice of words has made you...
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    Climate denier recants

    Assuming this is the correct link: http://www.alastairmcintosh.com/articles/2010-montford-hockey-stick.htm I am familiar with some of the references, not all. Some look like ad hominem attacks, some appear to rehash points already dealt with in the book (like the points made in the body of...
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    Climate denier recants

    Problem with the link?
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    Climate denier recants

    MJB, not sure if Andrew is coming back, but this recent post at 'Bishop Hill' may answer your question regarding his attitude to 'death threats': http://www.bishop-hill.net/blog/2012/6/13/uea-death-threats-published.html
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    Climate denier recants

    No mention of 'the Hockey Stick Illusion' there, and I again remind readers of the endorsements of this book by the scientists I listed on the other thread.
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    Climate denier recants

    No, that's not what I meant at all and I'm sorry that you read it that way. Initially I wrote that paragraph without the word 'educated', then started worrying that I might make people who have no interest in maths spend £10 on a book which contains a fair bit of it. I'm a nice chap you see ;)...
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    Climate denier recants

    Apology accepted, but your rephrasing above is also inaccurate and insulting (but you don't need to make another apology ;)). Like "accept global warming" this is a very vague phrase which bears little resemblance to sceptic concerns. Again, I urge the educated readers of BF who are...
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    Climate denier recants

    John, yes, it was mildly insulting, compared to the use of terms like "denier" and "crackpot". And in this debate you need to be more careful about what you mean by "accept global warming". Do you mean "are certain that human CO2 emissions are causing catastrophic global warming"? That the...
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    Climate denier recants

    For those BFers who are less easily led, here are two professional climate scientists, plus one of the designated reviewers of one of Muller's recent papers, on the newspaper article which started this thread off. http://judithcurry.com/2012/07/30/observation-based-attribution/...
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    The government has finally seen through the wind-farm scam – but why did it take them

    And I have responded over there :-)
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    Climate Change Denial

    Actually, I think that coming onto an Internet forum and arguing for so long about the merits of a book you haven't even read is pretty foolhardy. When I wrote that you had no understanding of the issues, I wasn't referring to your understanding of statistics, but to your understanding of the...
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    The government has finally seen through the wind-farm scam – but why did it take them

    Hi John, I saw this thread yesterday and really feel I have to pick you up on a few things. Firstly, you wrote that: Where Mann is concerned, you really are putting too much trust in the enquiries. For those of us with a mathematical background, the problems with his work are very clearly...
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    Climate Change Denial

    fugl, in this discipline it's always worth looking for an opposing take on events. For example, here is (professional climate scientist) Roy Spencer's take on this 'scandal': http://www.drroyspencer.com/2012/02/i-heart-heartland/ Incidentally. in that blog post Spencer refers to a debate he...
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