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Tag Archives: 97% consensus
Consensus messaging, an update
If you’re a regular follower of this blog, you’ll know that some of the most active threads have concerned the scientific consensus about climate change and, more specifically, the issue of consensus messaging. Recently, a new book has been released … Continue reading
TBH, I don’t really like consensus messaging either
Originally posted on …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,…
97% vs 99.99%
We’ve just had another consensus paper published. The paper is called Does It Matter if the Consensus on Anthropogenic Global Warming Is 97% or 99.99%? (pre-print here). The lead author is Andy Skuce, who has a nice post about it. … Continue reading
Consensus enforcers
I’ve been engaging in some discussions over at cliscep (yes, yes, I know). It included Ben Pile, who seems to think that the phrase is play the man, not the ball. Ben’s mantra appears to be that there is a … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Research, Science, The scientific method
Tagged 97% consensus, cliscep.com, Consensus enforcer, Scientific consensus
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Consensus messaging
I haven’t paid much attention to Dan Kahan’s work, but recently noticed a post on his blog about the *public consensus* on what climate scientists think about human-caused global warming. The basic premise seems to be that although your political … Continue reading
Matt Ridley: Lukewarmer
Matt Ridley has a quite remarkable article in the Times called My life as a Lukewarmer (extensive exerts here). I’ve written about Lukewarmers before, but I had not realised – until I read Matt Ridley’s article – how difficult things … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Climate sensitivity, ClimateBall, Global warming, IPCC, Science
Tagged 97% consensus, Global warming, Lukewarmer, Matt Ridley, The Times
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Watt about Monckton and the 97%?
I must admit that the continual attack on the Cook et al. (2013) Consensus paper is all getting a little tedious. I would have thought that people might have moved on by now. Maybe one could aim the same criticism … Continue reading
Posted in Anthony Watts, Christopher Monckton, Climate change, Climate sensitivity, Global warming, Watts Up With That
Tagged 97% consensus, Christopher Monckton, Christopher Monckton 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, Climate change, Consensus, consensus paper, Cook et al., Global warming, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, Legate, Legate et al., Watts Up With That
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Watt about the 97% consensus, again?
Watts Up With That (WUWT) has another post about John Cook’s consensus paper. I must admit that I find this all a little odd. In my experience, if people think a paper is ridiculously wrong, they typically just ignore it. … Continue reading
Richard Tol and the 97% consensus
I said in my earlier post that I might write about Richard Tol’s publicly stated views on John Cook’s 97% consensus paper. Since then, however, I’ve had a rather frustrating Twitter discussion with Richard Tol that, sadly, ended quite sourly … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Global warming
Tagged 97% consensus, consensus paper, Cook, Global warming, John Cook, Michael Mann, Richard Tol, Twitter
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Richard Tol’s fourth draft
So, Richard Tol has a fourth draft of his climate consensus paper. I don’t really want to say too much more about this as I’ve discussed his draft paper before (here and here). My basic view hasn’t really changed. Richard … Continue reading
