Category Archives: Roger Pielke Jr

Honest brokering

Posted on October 13, 2020 by

I thought I might follow up on my previous post, with a brief discussion of an article by Sonia Sodha called [t]he anti-lockdown scientists’ cause would be more persuasive if it weren’t so half-baked. I found it interesting partly because … Continue reading →

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Scenario use in climate research

Posted on April 23, 2020 by

If you’ve been following the blog for a while, you will be aware that I’ve commented on a number of occasions about the whole RCP8.5 issue. You may also be aware that one of the chief protagonists in that whole … Continue reading →

Posted in ClimateBall, Contrarian Matrix, Philosophy for Bloggers, Roger Pielke Jr, Scientists, The philosophy of science | Tagged , , , , , | 44 Comments

Estragon and the Expert

Posted on June 6, 2019 by

An abstract stakeholder’s dialog. Vladimir, or V, is the expert. Estragon is E. [V] You have cancer.[E] OK.[V] …[E] Is it curable?[V] Yes, I guess.[E] …[V] …[E] How?[V] There’s A or B.[E] What would you suggest.[V] If you do A … Continue reading →

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The Honest Broker

Posted on March 8, 2019 by

In discussions about science and policy, it is quite common for people to refer to The Honest Broker, a book by Roger Pielke Jr. I realise that it is now a little old, but I’ve only just had the chance … Continue reading →

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Disasters and Climate Change – part 2

Posted on September 12, 2018 by

Since I have a bit of free time, I thought I would expand a little on my Review of Roger Pielke Jr’s book about Disasters and Climate Change. As I mentioned in my earlier post, there were a number of … Continue reading →

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Disasters and Climate Change

Posted on September 8, 2018 by

Roger Pielke Jr emailed me an advance copy of the 2nd edition of his book on Disasters and Climate Change. Roger’s email ended with I welcome your reactions, comments, critique. Past experience makes me slightly dubious, but I will take … Continue reading →

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Rethinking climate policy

Posted on July 3, 2018 by

Roger Pielke Jr has been promoting his new paper in Issues in Science and Technology. The paper is called opening up the climate policy envelope and Roger has been suggesting that people should read it. I’ve read it a couple … Continue reading →

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The “truth” matters

Posted on April 16, 2018 by

There’s been a lengthy Twitter exchange about the Harvey et al. paper. In case you don’t remember, it was a paper essentially arguing that those blogs that tend to be dismissive of the risks associated with anthropogenic global warming (AGW) … Continue reading →

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Criticising the critics

Posted on April 11, 2018 by

I’ve recently come across a number of examples of people objecting to the manner in which some people engage in public criticism. There is a podcast with Sam Harris and Ezra Klein. It relates to a situation in which a … Continue reading →

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Extreme events and anthropogenic emissions

Posted on March 27, 2018 by

This is a post that I’ve been thinking of writing, but have been somewhat reluctant to start. It’s mostly because it relates to something said by Roger Pielke Jr, so could end up being a bit of same ‘ol same … Continue reading →

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