Category Archives: Sociology of science

‘Alarmism enforcement’ on hurricanes and global warming

Posted on September 7, 2019 by | 124 comments

by Judith Curry

I used to be concerned about ‘consensus enforcement’ on the topic of climate change.  Now I am concerned about ‘alarmism enforcement.’

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Posted in Hurricanes, Sociology of science

Child prophets and proselytizers of climate catastrophe

Posted on July 29, 2019 by | 541 comments

by Andy West

The role of children in the culture of climate catastrophism

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Posted in Communication, Sociology of science

Climate scientists’ pre-traumatic stress syndrome

Posted on July 8, 2019 by | 166 comments

by Judith Curry

It’s getting worse.

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Posted in Sociology of science

Truth(?) in testimony and convincing policy makers

Posted on June 27, 2019 by | 155 comments

by Judith Curry

Some reflections, stimulated by yesterday’s Congressional Hearing, on the different strategies of presenting Congressional testimony.

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Posted in Politics, Scientific method, Sociology of science

Climate science’s ‘masking bias’ problem

Posted on June 21, 2019 by | 117 comments

by Judith Curry

How valid conclusions often lay hidden within research reports, masked by plausible but unjustified conclusions reached in those reports.  And how the IPCC institutionalizes such masking errors in climate science.

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Posted in Scientific method, Sociology of science, Uncertainty

Climate scientists’ motivated reasoning

Posted on June 19, 2019 by | 147 comments

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

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Posted in Scientific method, Sociology of science

Why I don’t ‘believe’ in ‘science’

Posted on March 26, 2019 by | 153 comments

by Judith Curry

” ‘I believe in science’ is an homage given to science by people who generally don’t understand much about it. Science is used here not to describe specific methods or theories, but to provide a badge of tribal identity.  Which serves, ironically, to demonstrate a lack of interest in the guiding principles of actual science.” – Robert Tracinski

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Posted in Sociology of science