Re: OT: interesting global warming quote found elsewhwere

In article <UsWdnS9XvYf8wzXVnZ2dnUVZ_vjinZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
me@xxxxxxxxxx says...
Richard Henry <pomerado@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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On Aug 15, 4:31 pm, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelati...@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Kris Krieger wrote:
Eeyore  wrote
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 a
s
seriously as papers. After all, the scientist has put his/her
nam
e
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 thi
s
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.

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

One unsubsidised person against thousand of well paid UN employees ?

Pretty funny. Please continue.

While I finish laughing and open a beer, read this:

http://www.ipcc.ch/about/ipcc-secretariat.htm

It appears the IPCC has seven (7) employees. As for well paid, I
couldn't answer that.


When someone else is well-paid, it's a conspiracy; when oneself is well-
paid, it's how things are supposed to be...

Only to a leftist weenie. I rather like it when competent people
are paid well (myself included).

--
Keith
.

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