Category Archives: Consensus

The Collapsing ‘Consensus’

Posted on May 22, 2013 by

 Guest essay by Christopher Monckton of Brenchley Environmental Research Letters ought to have known better than to publish the latest anti-scientific propaganda paper by John Cook of the dubiously-named Skeptical Science website. Here are just a few of the solecisms … Continue reading →

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Fuzzy math: In a new soon to be published paper, John Cook claims ‘consensus’ on 32.6% of scientific papers that endorse AGW

Posted on May 14, 2013 by

You have to wonder how somebody can write (let alone read) the claims made here in the press release by Cook with a straight face. It gives a window into the sort of things we can expect from his borked … Continue reading →

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The Paradox of Consensus – a novel argument on climate change

Posted on April 30, 2013 by

Theories that can be easily tested should have a high degree of consensus among researchers. Those involving chaotic and less testable questions – climate change or economic growth, physiology or financial markets – ought to have a greater level of … Continue reading →

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The mental effect of the ’97% consensus’ myth spans politics

Posted on April 29, 2013 by

But, we all know that 97% consensus talking point is simply based on a handful of actual climate  responding to a broad questionnaire combined with some statistical spin to give the desired result. Apparently, that’s good enough for low information … Continue reading →

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Newsbytes: Consensus And Controversy

Posted on April 23, 2013 by

 New Report On The Global Warming “Battlefield” This report positively concludes that an alleged near unanimous scientific consensus on anthropogenic global warming (AGW), that “the science is settled”, is overstated. The report finds a robust, critical scientific discourse in climate … Continue reading →

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Aerosols from Moderate Volcanos Now Blamed for Global Warming Hiatus

Posted on March 2, 2013 by

While looking for quotes on an upcoming post about Ocean Heat Content, I ran across the press release for a new paper (in press) by Neely et al, which blames the recent slowdown in global warming on smaller more moderate … Continue reading →

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Challenging the Scientific Consensus on Climate Change

Posted on January 21, 2013 by

Consensus does not necessarily guarantee sound science Guest post by Forrest M. Mims III Consensus is often cited in support of scientific paradigms, including anthropogenic climate change. Australian physicist Tom Quirk has neatly dissected the consensus argument for the human … Continue reading →

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A Brief History of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Record-Breaking

Posted on December 7, 2012 by

Guest Post by David Middleton The World Meteorological Organization (Why do I always think of Team America: World Police whenever “World” and “Organization” appear in the same title?) recently announced that atmospheric greenhouse gases had once again set a new … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Carbon dioxide, Climate sensitivity, Consensus, Current News, Paleoclimatology, Temperature, United Nations | Tagged , , | 84 Comments

Scientific consensus revisited

Posted on October 22, 2012 by

Guest post by Juraj Vanovcan “You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.” – Abraham Lincoln –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– As of today, … Continue reading →

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Mutiny of the bounties – Heartland responds to ridiculous Truthmarket campaign

Posted on October 2, 2012 by

This is even more ridiculous than Stephan Lewandowsky’s “moon landing conspiracy theory paper” and Skeptical Science’s sekrit “crusher crew” kids klub managed by John Cook. I suppose the people pushing these things just have no idea what clowns they look … Continue reading →

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Six Easy Steps for Saving the Coral Reefs for our Grandchildren

Posted on July 25, 2012 by

Guest post by Bob Fernley-Jones The 12th International Coral Reef Symposium (ICRS) was held in Cairns, Queensland, Australia last July.  Not a bad venue for embracing subject field trips and the exotic and spectacular hinterland attractions.  Yet they had time to reach a grand … Continue reading →

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What else did the ’97% of scientists’ say?

Posted on July 18, 2012 by

Guest Post by Barry Woods I wonder just how many politicians, environmentalists or scientists who use the phrase ’97% of scientists’ (or those who more carefully use ‘active climate scientists’) to give weight to their arguments regarding climate change to the public, have any idea … Continue reading →

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About that overwhelming 97-98% number of scientists that say there is a climate consensus…

Posted on July 18, 2012 by

Larry Bell writes in his weekly Forbes column about that oft repeated but less than truthy “98% of all scientists” statistic. Supposedly, this was such an easy and quick to do survey, it was a no-brainer according to the two … Continue reading →

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Why climate science is a textbook example of groupthink

Posted on April 30, 2012 by

In groupthink, organizations value consensus more than free thought. The emphasis on consensus leads to group polarization, in which a group’s positions become more extreme than any individual would come up with. Alarmist climate science is a textbook example of … Continue reading →

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Consensus Argument Proves Climate Science Is Political.

Posted on April 30, 2012 by

UPDATE: I’ve added a video at the end that speaks to the consensus thinking. Marc Morano’s arguments leaves the Australian Youth Climate Coalition’s Anna Rose speechless. – Anthony Guest post by Dr. Tim Ball Claims of a consensus was an … Continue reading →

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