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Tag Archives: Models
Escape from model land
I listened to an interesting podcast that some of the regulars may find interesting. It was on the Volts podcast and was on the abuse (and proper use) of climate models. It is an interview with Erica Thompson, who has … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Research, The philosophy of science, The scientific method
Tagged Climate models, David Roberts, Erica Thompson, Models, Volts
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Moral models
I thought I would highlight a recent video presentation by Eric Winsberg, called Moral Models, Crucial Decisions in the Age of Computer Simulations. Some may remember that Eric co-wrote a post here about extreme weather event attribution. The theme of … Continue reading
Posted in ethics, Policy, Scientists, The philosophy of science
Tagged eric winsberg, Imperial College model, Modelling, Models, Report 9
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Models and scenarios
I was following, or trying to, a Twitter discussion about models and scenarios. It was – I think – about models that forescast technology development, and you can find it here if you’re interested. I didn’t entirely follow it, but … Continue reading
Posted in economics, Research, Science
Tagged Cost benefit analysis, Economic forecasts, Forecast, Models
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Based on Observations Only!
The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), who I’ve written about many times before, have released a report which they’ve described as [t]he World’s first state of the climate survey based on observations only. I think it’s meant to the a … Continue reading
It’s more difficult with physical models
I ended up in a brief discussion on Twitter about models, in which the other party was suggesting that models can be manipulated to produce a desired result. Their background was finance, and they linked to some kind of Financial … Continue reading
Posted in Climate change, Science
Tagged Climate models, Economic models, Financial models, Fluid dynamics, Modelling, Models, Navier Stokes Equations, Viscosity
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...and Then There's Physics 
A modelling manifesto?
There’s a recent Nature comment lead by Andrea Saltelli called Five ways to ensure that models serve society: a manifesto. Gavin Schmnidt has already posted a Twitter thread about it. I largerly agree with Gavin’s points and thought I would … Continue reading →