Monthly Archives: May 2016

Popper

Posted on May 27, 2016 by ...and Then There's Physics

There’s an interesting recent paper, that Willard will probably appreciate, called why Popper can’t resolve the debate over global warming: Problems with the uses of philosophy of science in the media and public framing of the science of global warming. … Continue reading →

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Science communication

Posted on May 26, 2016 by ...and Then There's Physics

I’ve been away at a meeting for a couple of days and have been too busy to write any posts, or even think about what to write. Like Eli, however, I’m also still somewhat mystified by the consensus messaging wars. … Continue reading →

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TBH, I don’t really like consensus messaging either

Posted on May 21, 2016 by ...and Then There's Physics

I might have to give Dan Kahan some credit. Even though I’m not convinced that consensus messaging is toxic and polarising in general, there are certainly circumstances in which it can be, as I discovered – again – on Twitter … Continue reading →

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Consensus messaging – again

Posted on May 19, 2016 by ...and Then There's Physics

I’ve written before about my views with respect to consensus messaging. It seems to be a topic that divides opinion, but there was a recent paper suggesting that perceived scientific agreement is an important gateway belief, ultimately influencing public responses … Continue reading →

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Thousands of exoplanets!

Posted on May 15, 2016 by ...and Then There's Physics

I was quoted in the newspaper today. One problem with talking to journalists, is that you don’t always know quite how they’re going to represent what you said, or – even – if you’re going to end up having said … Continue reading →

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ECS ~1K?????

Posted on May 13, 2016 by ...and Then There's Physics

There is a new paper that is being somewhat uncritically accepted at the new Climate “Skepticism” site (and, yes, the inverted commas are necessary) and at Bishop Hill. It’s by someone called J. Ray Bates and claims to estimate climate … Continue reading →

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The uncertainty on the mean

Posted on May 10, 2016 by ...and Then There's Physics

I wrote a quick post about Gavin Schmidt’s post comparing models to the satellite datasets. I thought Gavin’s post was very good, and explained the various issues really well. Steve McIntyre, however, is claiming that Schmidt’s histogram doesn’t refute Christy. … Continue reading →

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Models versus satellites

Posted on May 8, 2016 by ...and Then There's Physics

A graph that is fairly commonly promoted to – apparently – illustrate that models and observations have diverged, is one produced by John Christy which compares models to satellite/balloon data for the troposphere. Ignoring all the potential issues with this … Continue reading →

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97%

Posted on May 7, 2016 by ...and Then There's Physics

Every Friday morning, someone at my Institute gives a short talk, while everyone else drinks coffee and eats doughnuts (well, the doughnuts are actually hidden till the end, so that everyone who wants a doughnut has to stay for the … Continue reading →

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A Tmin bias?

Posted on May 5, 2016 by ...and Then There's Physics

I ended up in a discussion with Roger Pielke Sr about a claim that there is a warm bias in Tmin. It ended rarely sourly when I pointed out that accusing an entire scientific discipline of being dysfunctional because they … Continue reading →

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