********************************EXCERPT*********************************************
Mike Davis says:
The method for analyzing temperatures means the records remain fluid Because this is done with a model each time the model is rerun you will get different results for all periods. This is not like a spreadsheet where the records are fixed once the output is complete as they would be following accounting practices. Using three decimal points when they are starting with whole numbers is also cheating. The end result is that we do not know what the temperature has done for the last one hundred and fifty years!
That was an excellent comment. Sanity and reality and true scientific understanding.
I get sick of the irresponsible shouting by many on both sides.