Category Archives: Roger Pielke Jr

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

The Science Police

Posted on June 27, 2017 by

Keith Kloor has an article in Issues in Science and Technology called The Science Police. I became aware of it because he linked to one of my posts so as to highlight a comment by Michael Tobis. I tried to … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, ClimateBall, Research, Roger Pielke Jr, Science, Scientists, The philosophy of science, The scientific method | Tagged , , , , , | 57 Comments

Toys, pram, out!

Posted on April 9, 2017 by

It seems that Roger Pielke Jr is having a bit of a rant on Twitter about an interview Michael Mann gave about the recent Congressional Hearings. He accuses Michael Mann of lying about him and also suggests that he might … Continue reading →

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Poor Roger!

Posted on December 4, 2016 by

I wrote a post about Roger Pielke Jr’s recent Wall Street Journal article about his [u]nhappy life as a climate heretic, but it was rather long and rambling, so I can’t actually bring myself to post it. Instead, I’ll just … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, ClimateBall, Research, Roger Pielke Jr, Science | Tagged , , , , , | 160 Comments

Working with Trump?

Posted on November 12, 2016 by

Jack Stilgoe and Roger Pielke Jr have an article in the Guardian called They may not like it, but scientists must work with Donald Trump. My first impression was rather negative, but some on Twitter suggested that it was really … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, Policy, Politics, Research, Roger Pielke Jr, Science | Tagged , , , , , , | 286 Comments

Show me slowly what I only know the limits of

Posted on October 12, 2015 by

Some observations on some recent quick turns around the Disaster Tango dance floor: In discussing how we should think about the most extreme severe events, I suggested that we focus on a collective look at recurrence times. This suggestion, though … Continue reading →

Posted in ClimateBall, Roger Pielke Jr, Severe Events | 128 Comments