Category Archives: Sociology of science

The catastrophe narrative

Posted on November 14, 2018 by | 421 comments

by Andy West

A narrative propagated by emotive engagement, not veracity.

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Posted in Communication, Sociology of science

The perils of ‘near-tabloid science’

Posted on July 22, 2018 by | 483 comments

by Judith Curry

A remarkable essay by  esteemed oceanographer Carl Wunsch.

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Posted in Sociology of science, Uncertainty

Voices of reason in the ‘climate wars’

Posted on June 10, 2018 by | 260 comments

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.

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Posted in Politics, Sociology of science

Four questions on climate change

Posted on April 18, 2018 by | 201 comments

by Garth Paltridge

An essay on the state of climate change science.

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Posted in Sociology of science

Update: libel cases and the ‘climate wars’

Posted on February 14, 2018 by | 139 comments

by Judith Curry

Big news in the world of ‘climate wars’ – the libel case of Andrew Weaver versus Tim Ball has been dismissed by the judge —  for a rather surprising reason.

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Posted in Sociology of science

The Top 50 Women in STEM

Posted on February 1, 2018 by | 78 comments

by Judith Curry

Inspiring biosketches of some amazing female scientists, which rather astonishingly includes moi.

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Posted in Sociology of science

Manufacturing consensus: the early history of the IPCC

Posted on January 3, 2018 by | 385 comments

by Judith Curry

Short summary: scientists sought political relevance and allowed policy makers to put a big thumb on the scale of the scientific assessment of the attribution of climate change.

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Posted in Attribution, Consensus, IPCC, Sociology of science