Tag Archives: Consensus

Say it again, and again, and again, and again …..

Posted on May 30, 2017 by ...and Then There's Physics

Since I’ve been focusing a bit recently on science communication I thought I would briefly discuss a paper by Simon Donner called Publish or perish: finding the balance in science communication. The reason for my title is that he suggests … Continue reading →

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97% vs 99.99%

Posted on May 3, 2017 by ...and Then There's Physics

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 →

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Red Team vs Blue Team

Posted on April 23, 2017 by ...and Then There's Physics

Having some kind of Red Team exercise, to test and challenge the climate science consensus, seems to be gaining a small amount of momentum. Steve Koonin (who I have discussed before) has an article in the Wall Street Journal called … Continue reading →

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Intellectual monocultures

Posted on February 24, 2017 by ...and Then There's Physics

I came across an article that I’ve been thinking about for a few days. I thought I would simply post some thoughts. They may not be well-formed, and my views could certainly change. I should say that I got it … Continue reading →

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On Bullshit!

Posted on June 4, 2016 by ...and Then There's Physics

Apologies to my more sensitive readers, but I thought I would post this short video by Harry Frankfurt, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University. I believe that the origin of this is quite old, but – given that he … 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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We can never “know” anything

Posted on April 18, 2016 by ...and Then There's Physics

Judith Curry has waded into the consensus discussion by highlighting a post written by two people I’ve never heard of and – from what I can find – have no actual expertise in this topic whatsoever. Apparently the key point … Continue reading →

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Persistence!

Posted on March 26, 2015 by ...and Then There's Physics

Richard Tol has another article about how claims of a scientific consensus don’t stand up (you can read it here if you really want to). It’s the standard message that he’s been promoting for quite some time now and I … Continue reading →

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Peter Doran on the 97%.

Posted on December 22, 2014 by ...and Then There's Physics

Since I haven’t written about the 97% for some time, I thought I would post this video of Peter Doran’s TEDx talk about Bringing opinions on climate change closer to reality. There are a couple of things I found interesting … Continue reading →

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The best evidence we have!

Posted on September 7, 2014 by ...and Then There's Physics

Brian Cox took a bit of flack because of a Guardian article about a speech he’d given in which he appeared to be suggesting that – when discussing climate science – scientists should sound more certain than they are. I … Continue reading →

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