[Thickman]

The Royal Society requirement is accurate. However, McIntyre had to prod them to get Briffa to supply the data. Then McIntyre had to prod them again. To the credit of the society, they seriously followed-up and forced Briffa’s hand who responded in sophomoric fashion (difficult to extract data).

[agere_contra]

Thanks Thickman.

[dennisw]

Your comments are appreciated by me... You who know science and its publication procedures better than me. On my own I would have seen Briffa’s response as being reasonable

I’ve heard and read material by McIntyre for years but Briffa, never heard of him until a few days ago with this new flap which shows how devious some of the global waring contingent is. I would say grant money had made them into liars_at_any_price