Re: OT: interesting global warming quote found elsewhwere

Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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Joerg wrote:

Kris Krieger wrote:
Joerg wrote
Kris Krieger wrote:

So what's the big deal?

Letters and the like in magazines by scientists are to be taken as
seriously as papers. After all, the scientist has put his/her name
right above or under it. AGW and anti-AGW argumentation includes
many other scientists, plus whole institutes.

My point was that I don't wknow that articels/letters are reviewed
as rigorously, or are supposed to live up to the same format
standards, as are actualy papers. My impression is no, but I'd
have to ask my friend who does R&D (and has published a number of
papers over the past 20 or so years, and also co-suthored several
biotech patents).

It's a matter of ethics. In the same way I design my circuits for
clients with the same amount of diligence, regardless of whether this
will have to pass agency muster or not. If a scientist published
letters or what IEEE calls "rapid communications" it better be good
or the reputation will have a rather serious dent. And rightfully so.

What we have in this group are (mainly) a bunch of competent
engineers. Engineers HAVE to get things right or face the
consequences. Insolvency, negligence cases, total extinction of their
company or career.

Now try putting that test to the AGW movement.

Graham



Go right ahead - get the data, do the analysis, and make your own
"movement" based upon that process.

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