Posted on 07/30/2012 1:01:18 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Im a bit burnt out, so this is a just a few notes to quench some speculations about Steve McIntyres role and to help everyone understand what this week has been like.
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S. Geiger says:
After Muller could not find strong signal that we knew must be there by physics of heat sinks and neither could we in Fall et al 2011, we went looking, and discovered the new Leroy 2010 classification system and WMO ISO approval.
Red flag, IMO. Researchers looking for a signal that we know must be there makes things ripe for confirmation bias. I truly hope that all involved live up to the standards that us skeptics so commonly cite when reviewing the works of others .namely to look to shoot holes in your own work; try to find areas where your own bias may be affecting results etc.
Aside from all that, kudos for the seemingly very comprehensive work .and continuation of the unique crowd-sourcing methods.
Any word on where this will be submitted for publishing?
REPLY: Understood, but please think about the physics of heat sinks, specifically when it comes to Tmin and I think yuoll see where we were coming from. Confirmation bias is a huge problem in AGW science, and if this new ratings system had not revealed the solution, I would have had to accede there was no effect. Persistence paid off. Anthony
Big headline in our local paper; “Prominent climate-change denier now admits he was wrong”.
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