My primary interest in this is to know what is correct regarding global warming, but as a policy analyst and someone with a background in social science and the history and logic of science, I can’t help but be interested in this whole mess as a social / political / cultural phenomenon. As a public […]
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Archive | January, 2010
I’m not complaining… but…
January 6, 2010 
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“Climategate” — the CRU Hack or Leak — whatever it is, sucked me back into the whole climate debates. I left it after a few months and moved on to other matters, but still occasionally read at various blogs although I rarely posted. After the release of the emails and documents, I couldn’t help but […]
Continue readingPiece By Piece – The AGW Side
January 4, 2010 14 Comments
The questions in the public sphere — which is my natural subject matter — are whether we’re facing a meltdown or whether it’s all a big hoax. I’m not claiming these are the right questions — I’m claiming these are the questions being debated. You may rightfully think they are false alternatives but the public […]
Continue readingOn bullies
January 4, 2010 4 Comments
A note on posts that contain direct personal slurs: if you can’t make your argument without a personal slur, your post will be ignored. If you want me to respond, put on your big boy pants and do not use personal slurs. If all you want to do is vent, I’ll leave your posts up […]
Continue readingNew Deletions — Funding and Bias
January 2, 2010 62 Comments
A number of posts were deleted over at CA, specifically regarding how funding does or does not bias research. I did graduate work on the pharmaceutical industry and problems with bias, so I am familiar with the literature on how funding from industry sources results in more favorable results than studies that have no industry […]
Continue readingClarification
January 2, 2010 117 Comments
My purpose in reading at various blogs and posting at a few is as follows: Until about 2005, I pretty much accepted the AGW dominant scientific paradigm. It wasn’t that I invested a lot of time on it, but I did read the occasional article in New Scientist or other online science zines and accepted […]
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The Policy Lass 
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