by Judith Curry
A thought-provoking article from my new favorite blog, The Ethical Skeptic.
by Judith Curry
A thought-provoking article from my new favorite blog, The Ethical Skeptic.
Posted in Attribution, Causation, Ethics, Skeptics
by Larry Kummer
We’re told that climate change caused or intensified California’s wildfires — and that such fires are getting worse. As usual for such scary stories, these claims are only weakly supported by science — except for the ones that are outright fabrications.
Posted in Causation, Climate change impacts
by Judith Curry
A novel method for causal inference has been motivated by . . . sardines.
Posted in Causation, Climate change impacts, Policy
by Judith Curry
George Lakoff has just thrown a big can of worms into the global warming debate:
Yes, global warming systemically caused Hurricane Sandy — and the Midwest droughts and the fires in Colorado and Texas, as well as other extreme weather disasters around the world. Let’s say it out loud, it was causation, systemic causation.
Posted in Attribution, Causation