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Search Results for: Expertise
Ethics of climate expertise
by Judith Curry If deference to the authoritative opinions of experts is essential to our rationality and knowledge, and if that deference unavoidably rests on trust, not only in the competence, but also in the epistemic and ethical characters of our experts–then it … Continue reading
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
The latest climate ‘conspiracy theory’
by Judith Curry Guess who the new climate ‘conspiracy theorists’ are?
Posted in Sociology of science
Canopus, Herakleion, New Orleans & Continental Rifts
by Anthony Lucas An alternative perception of sea level rise and climate change.
Posted in Oceans
Scientists & identity-protective cognition
by Judith Curry Dan Kahan has an interesting blog post on scientists and motivated reasoning.
Posted in Sociology of science
Will the Oroville Dam survive the ARkStorm?
by David Hagen Should California plan for permanent drought or climate persistence?
Posted in Climate change impacts
Climate scientists versus climate data
by John Bates A look behind the curtain at NOAA’s climate data center.
Posted in Data and observations, Ethics
Science on the verge
by Judith Curry This book offers an uncomfortable but vital diagnosis of the trouble with science. – Jack Stilgoe
Posted in Sociology of science
The Republic of Science
by Judith Curry The professional standards of science must impose a framework of discipline and at the same time encourage rebellion against it. – Michael Polanyi (1962)
Posted in Consensus, History, Sociology of science
Dan Sarewitz on Saving Science
By Judith Curry Science isn’t self-correcting, it’s self-destructing. To save the enterprise, scientists must come out of the lab and into the real world. – Daniel Sarewitz
Posted in Sociology of science
Politics and the Changing Norms of Science
by Lucas Bergkamp “The politician is sometimes tempted to encroach on the normal territory of the scientific estate. In such issues the problem is less often whether politics will presume to dictate to science than it is how much politics … Continue reading
Posted in Sociology of science
Global climate models and the laws of physics
by Dan Hughes We frequently see the simple statement, “The Laws of Physics”, invoked as the canonical summary of the status of the theoretical basis of GCMs.
Posted in climate models
My Fox News op-ed on RICO
by Judith Curry A new low in science: criminalizing climate skeptics.
Posted in Ethics, Politics, Sociology of science
New York’s Reforming the Energy Vision and Environmental Control Initiatives
.by Roger Caiazza The excellent series of posts on energy planning by Planning Engineer and Rud Istavan, a similar series at the Science of Doom and a recent post by Peter Lang all outline the difficulties implementing renewable energy and … Continue reading
Uneasy expertise
by Judith Curry Experts might instead need to pick a side, join the fight, and accept that their claims to knowledge and authority will always and everywhere be contested. – Jason Wilson
Posted in Sociology of science
Violating the norms and ethos of science
by Judith Curry Don’t let transparency damage science. – Stephan Lewandowsky & Dorothy Bishop
Posted in Ethics, Sociology of science
Ins and outs of the ivory tower
by Judith Curry This is the strongest, and most cogently made, argument that I’ve seen against political advocacy by academics related to their subject of expertise.
Posted in Ethics
History and the limits of the climate consensus
by Judith Curry Acknowledging the science of global warming does not require accepting that it is immune to criticism.
A War Against Fire
by Judith Curry The most savage controversies are those as to which there is no good evidence either way. -Bertrand Russell
Posted in Communication, Uncertainty
The beyond-two-degree inferno
by Judith Curry The time for debate has ended. – Marcia McNutt, editor of Science
Posted in Ethics
Climate Change, Epistemic Trust, and Expert Trustworthiness
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. … Continue reading
Posted in Consensus
The conceits of consensus
by Judith Curry Critiques, the 3%, and is 47 the new 97?
Posted in Consensus
Overreach at the EPA
by Judith Curry When did the EPA become our Nation’s energy regulator? When did the EPA acquire both the statutory mandate from Congress and the required subject-matter expertise to do FERC’s and the States’ jobs? When did the EPA gain … Continue reading
Posted in Policy
Ocean acidification discussion thread
by Judith Curry This thread discusses sections 10.3 and 10.4 in Alan Longhurst’s new book Doubt and Certainty in Climate Science.
Posted in Oceans
Assessments, meta-analyses, discussion and peer review
by Judith Curry There is an unfortunate knowledge monopoly in climate science and policy – the IPCC and UNFCCC. As a result there is insufficient intellectual and political diversity in assessments about climate change. To break this monopoly, we need … Continue reading
Posted in Communication, Sociology of science
