Monthly Archives: August 2017

STS as science or politics?

Posted on August 15, 2017 by

I came across a paper by Harry Collins, Robert Evans, and Martin Weinel called STS as science or politics? For those who don’t know, STS stands for Science and Technology Studies and I have written about it before. I haven’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Research, Science, Sound Science (tm), The philosophy of science, The scientific method, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | 40 Comments

Science; it’s complicated

Posted on August 13, 2017 by

I mentioned, a while ago, that I’d been at a meeting and had an idea for a post. Well, this is my attempt to articulate what I thought at that meeting. A good deal of my own research involves trying … Continue reading →

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A brief roundup: the BBC and OMICS

Posted on August 11, 2017 by

I guess the big news yesterday was the BBC Radio 4 Today show interviews with Al Gore and Nigel Lawson. If you want to listen, the broadcast is here. Al Gore is on at about 1h10m and Nigel Lawson is … Continue reading →

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Kevin Anderson: how numbers reveal another reality

Posted on August 9, 2017 by

I’ve finally watched the video of Kevin Anderson’s talk (posted in a comment that I currently can’t find) which was part of the Cambridge Climate Lecture Series. I found it quite uncomfortable. He addressed things that we typically avoid. The … Continue reading →

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No, pressure alone does not define surface temperatures!

Posted on August 8, 2017 by

Eli’s already covered this but I thought I would present a slightly different argument. The topic is a recent paper by Ned Nikolov and Karl Zeller called new insights on the physical nature of the atmospheric greenhouse effect deduced from … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, Greenhouse effect, Research, Science | Tagged , , , , | 63 Comments

Manichean paranoia

Posted on August 5, 2017 by

Some have encouraged me to watch Roger Pielke Jr’s presentation on Climate politics as a manichean paranoia, and I have now done so (slides here, and I’ll post the video at the end of the post.). Manichean paranoia refers to … Continue reading →

Posted in ClimateBall, Global warming, IPCC, Policy, Roger Pielke Jr, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , | 301 Comments

The Linear Model for Richies

Posted on August 2, 2017 by

Not long ago, Richie contended that sticking to presenting true information and letting otters decide what to do, given that information, was “the neatest little summary of the linear model.” This short note should suffice to show that this claim … Continue reading →

Posted in ClimateBall, Good Ol' Richie, Richie, Roger Pielke Jr, Sound Science (tm) | 53 Comments