Re: OT: interesting global warming quote found elsewhwere

On Aug 9, 7:20 am, Joerg <notthisjoerg...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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bill.slo...@xxxxxxxx wrote:
On Aug 7, 2:27 am, James Arthur <bogusabd...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
bill.slo...@xxxxxxxx wrote:
On Aug 6, 7:21 am, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelati...@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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James Arthur wrote:
Joerg wrote:
Eeyore wrote:
Joerg wrote:
bill.slo...@xxxxxxxx wrote:
Joerg > wrote:
bill.slo...@xxxxxxxx wrote:

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However, Mann can't have secrecy and scientific
acceptance at the same time; these are incompatible.

Mann not wanting to reveal his raw data probably has more to do with
practicalities than secrecy.

ROFL!

You can't assert trade secret status on something you've published.

That's why they don't get published until they've been patented

Quite a lot of publications are very careful not include the
patentable details (which are trade secrets until they are patented).

Quite a lot of politicians are very careful not to include details that
could turn into a smoking gun.

Nor does the aforementioned exempt Mann from scientific review.

No one was suggesting that it did. However, your idea of scientific
review seems to comes closer to what most scientists would regard as
some kind of inquisition.

So, to verify someone's scientific conclusions is now an inquisition? Oh
man ...

That the logical fallay of the excluded middle. Normal peer-review
doesn't involve going through somebody's raw dara.

Not to mention the hubris of holding one's proprietary interest above
that of the entire planet.

That's Exxon-Mobil's position. Mann's reservations are trivial in
comparision.

If you want to publish, you must reveal.

If only that were true.

It is true. Else they won't take you seriously.

Don't be silly. The level of revelation that MCIntyre was after was
very unusual. Most people in science who are taken seriously have
never revealed their raw data and would be incredulous if anybody
asked for it.

Just as I don't take a lot
of the AGW papers serious anymore. The vast majority of folks with or
without academic education in this area doesn't either.

Which reflects the success of Exxon-Mobil's campaign to muddy the
water.

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Bill Sloman, Nijmegen

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