Monthly Archives: August 2015

Hurricanes and global warming: 10 years post Katrina

Posted on August 30, 2015 by | 237 comments

by Judith Curry

We anticipate that it may take a decade for the observations to clarify the situation as to whether the hypothesis has predictive power. – Curry et al. 2006

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Posted in Hurricanes

The conceits of consensus

Posted on August 27, 2015 by | 501 comments

by Judith Curry

Critiques, the 3%, and is 47 the new 97?

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Posted in Consensus

JC’s conscience

Posted on August 25, 2015 by | 326 comments

Quotations that serve as a conscience of a profession. – Tom Nelson

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Posted in Ethics

Climate Change, Epistemic Trust, and Expert Trustworthiness

Posted on August 24, 2015 by | 602 comments

by Judith Curry

Among the best indirect indicators available to nonexperts is the overwhelming numbers of scientists testifying to anthropogenic climate change. Yet the evidential significance of such clear numbers turns substantially on our nonexpert assessment of these scientists’ trustworthiness. Absent trust, even without active distrust, the numbers’ evidential weight drops considerably. – Ben Almassi

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Industry funding: witch hunts

Posted on August 18, 2015 by | 525 comments

by Judith Curry

There is a remarkable and disturbing story playing out in the biotechnology academic community over industry  funding related to genetically modified food.

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Posted in Communication, Ethics

Industry funding and bias

Posted on August 16, 2015 by | 212 comments

by Judith Curry

When should research come with a ‘warning’ label?

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Posted in Ethics

‘Climate culture’ versus ‘knowing disbelief’

Posted on August 14, 2015 by | 103 comments

by Andy West

Climate culture versus knowing disbelief.

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Posted in Sociology of science

Mark Steyn’s new book on Michael Mann

Posted on August 13, 2015 by | 735 comments

by Judith Curry

A Disgrace to the Profession: The World’s Scientists – in their own words – on Michael E Mann, his Hockey Stick and their Damage to Science – Volume One

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Posted in Communication, Ethics

Carly Fiorina hits the ‘sweet spot’ on climate change

Posted on August 12, 2015 by | 185 comments

by Judith Curry

Carly Fiorina shows how to address the left on climate change.

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Posted in Politics

The adversarial method versus Feynman integrity

Posted on August 12, 2015 by | 168 comments

by Judith Curry

If you think about the costs I’ll pay for raising these concerns, including the cost of damaged relationships with people that I like, I think you will conclude that a personal commitment to science is the only thing that could be big enough to offset these costs. – Paul Romer

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Posted in Ethics, Scientific method

Will the President’s Clean Power Plan save consumers money?

Posted on August 10, 2015 by | 273 comments

by Dave Rutledge

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On August 3, President Obama declared that “under the Clean Power Plan, by 2030, renewables will account for 28% of our capacity,” and “will save the average American family nearly $85 on their annual energy bill in 2030.”

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Posted in Economics, Energy

Embracing uncertainty in climate change policy (!)

Posted on August 5, 2015 by | 387 comments

We argue for a redesign of climate change mitigation policies to be ‘anti-fragile’ with respect to scientific uncertainty. – Otto et al.

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Posted in Attribution, Policy

President Obama’s Clean Power Plan

Posted on August 3, 2015 by | 406 comments

by Judith Curry

The effects of climate change are already being felt across the nation. In the past three decades, the percentage of Americans with asthma has more than doubled, and climate change is putting those Americans at greater risk of landing in the hospital.

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Posted in Energy, Policy