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Academic freedom and scholarship: perspective from Canada
by Pamela Lindsay Mentorships by professors of students are among the vital functions of a university. Here I expose the vulnerable underbelly of mentorship and one possible threat to academic freedom and scholarship.
Posted in Sociology of science
Stealth advocacy: a survey of weathercasters’ views on climate change
by Mike Smith For a decade, the weathercaster and broadcast meteorology communities have been subject of a focused campaign to force them to cover global warming in a manner acceptable to the American Meteorological Society, the American Geophysical Union and … Continue reading
Posted in Sociology of science
How we fool ourselves. Part III: Social biases
by Judith Curry “Is the road to scientific hell paved with good intentions?” – political psychologist Philip Tetlock (1994)
Posted in Uncategorized
Advocacy research, incentives and the practice of science
by Judith Curry There is a problem with the practice of science. Because of poor scientific practices, and improper incentives, few papers with useful scientific findings are published in leading journals. The problem appears to be growing due to funding … Continue reading
Posted in Scientific method, Sociology of science
Collapse of the fake consensus on Covid-19 origins
by Judith Curry The concerning saga of the creation, enforcement and collapse of a ‘consensus’ on Covid-19 origins.
Posted in Uncategorized
Science and politics
by Judith Curry “I’m reaching out to scientists this week about the election. How do you feel about it? Which of the candidates has the best plan, for you, in science and technology?”
Posted in Politics
Climate science and the Supreme Court
by Judith Curry An alternative assessment of U.S. Supreme Court Justice nominee Amy Coney Barrett’s statements on climate change.
Posted in Politics
Truth or consequences: global warming consensus thinking and the decline of public debate
by Geoffrey Weiss and Claude Roessiger The so-called debate about the causes and effects of anthropogenic global warming (AGW) is a notable irony. Rather than a forum for free disputation, AGW has in recent years become the site of a … Continue reading
Posted in Consensus, Uncategorized
Assigning Blame for the Blackouts in Texas
By Planning Engineer The story from some media sources is that frozen wind turbines are responsible for the power shortfalls in Texas. Other media sources emphasize that fossil fuel resources should shoulder the blame because they have large cold induced … Continue reading
Posted in Energy
Legacy of Climategate – 10 years later
by Judith Curry My reflections on Climategate 10 years later, and also reflections on my reflections of 5 years ago.
Posted in Skeptics, Sociology of science
The lure of incredible certitude
by Judith Curry “If you want people to believe what you *do* know, you need to be up front about what you *don’t* know.”- Charles Manski
Posted in Uncertainty
Cliff Mass: victim of academic political bullying
by Judith Curry There is a disturbing story coming out of the University of Washington surrounding Cliff Mass.
Posted in Politics, Sociology of science
Climate scientists’ motivated reasoning
by Judith Curry Insights into the motivated reasoning of climate scientists, including my own efforts to sort out my own biases and motivated reasoning following publication of the Webster et al. (2005) paper
Posted in Scientific method, Sociology of science
JC’s (un)motivated reasoning
by Judith Curry “I think open explorations of the ideological assumptions scientists bring into policy debates are not only welcome but often necessary for having productive conversations.” – Aaron Huertas
Posted in Sociology of science
Politics of climate expertise
by Judith Curry “Concerning the inability of expert knowledge to resolve environmental controversy and the pressing need for a pragmatic reframing of policy problems to allow for solutions based on bipartisan values.”
Posted in Sociology of science
Science, uncertainty and advocacy
by Judith Curry I’m attending an interesting conference in Nottingham: Circling the square: universities, the media, citizens and politics.
Posted in Communication, Policy, Uncertainty
Nye’s Quadrant
by Judith Curry The scary emergence of Nye’s Quadrant in dominating the public discourse on climate change.
Posted in Scientific method, Sociology of science
A climate of dialogue
by Judith Curry A pacated dialogue between two serious thinkers who disagree about climate change.
Posted in Sociology of science
Discussion thread – improving the interface between climate science and policy
by Judith Curry I’m looking for ideas and discussion on ways to improve what I regard to be a broken interface between climate science and policy.
Posted in Policy
The debate: my presentation
by Judith Curry My presentation is provided here. This is being posted at the start of the event.
Posted in Communication, Skeptics
Voices of reason in the ‘climate wars’
by Judith Curry A recent and worthy attempt to redefine the ‘front’ in the ‘climate wars’, which could lead to a truce and possibly pave the way for rational progress.
Posted in Politics, Sociology of science
Four questions on climate change
by Garth Paltridge An essay on the state of climate change science.
Posted in Sociology of science
Steve Koonin: A Deceptive New Report on Climate
by Judith Curry Red-teaming the the U.S. government’s Climate Science Special Report on the topic of sea level rise.
Posted in Oceans, Sociology of science
The latest climate ‘conspiracy theory’
by Judith Curry Guess who the new climate ‘conspiracy theorists’ are?
Posted in Sociology of science
