Tag Archives: Peer-review

A little domain knowledge can go a long way

Posted on November 14, 2020 by ...and Then There's Physics

A rather bizarre paper has been published in Scientific Reports (yes, that Scientific Reports) claiming that [an] earth system model shows self-sustained melting of permafrost even if all man-made GHG emissions stop in 2020. One immediate problem is that the … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, Global warming, The philosophy of science, The scientific method, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | 24 Comments

Propagation of nonsense

Posted on September 8, 2019 by ...and Then There's Physics

A couple of years ago, I had a guest post about Pat Frank’s suggestion that the propagation of errors invalidate climate model projections.. The guest post was mainy highlighting a very nice video that Patrick Brown had produced so as … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, ClimateBall, Comedy, Pseudoscience, The philosophy of science, Watts Up With That | Tagged , , , , , | 51 Comments

No, peer-review isn’t tainted!

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

It seems that some climate “skeptics” are revelling in the publication of another hoax paper. In this case a paper called The conceptual penis as a social construct, which has now been withdrawn (an archived version is here). The authors … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, Research, Science, The philosophy of science, The scientific method | Tagged , , , , , , , | 315 Comments

Science is broken!

Posted on September 22, 2016 by ...and Then There's Physics

There’s been quite a lot in the media, and elsewhere, about problems with science. A common theme at the moment is the replication crisis, but you regularly see claims in the blogosphere that papers should be retracted because they supposedly … Continue reading →

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Reblog: On Hansen et al.

Posted on March 25, 2016 by ...and Then There's Physics

I haven’t really had a chance to properly read the new Hansen et al. paper (apart from the reviewers, who does?). However, it is clearly a paper that has already had impact and somewhat divided opinions, so I asked Peter … Continue reading →

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Politicised science?

Posted on May 18, 2014 by ...and Then There's Physics

There are a number of people who seem to object to one of the reviewers of Lennart Bengtsson’s paper saying Summarising, the simplistic comparison of ranges from AR4, AR5, and Otto et al, combined with the statement they they are … Continue reading →

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Lennart Bengtsson’s paper

Posted on May 16, 2014 by ...and Then There's Physics

I wasn’t really going to say much about Lennart Bengtsson and the GWPF. Stoat and HotWhopper have covered it if you want to read more. I have some sympathy with someone who may have felt pressurized by their colleagues. On … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, Climate sensitivity, Global warming, IPCC, Satire, Science | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 60 Comments

Elements of truth

Posted on January 21, 2014 by ...and Then There's Physics

Stoat’s recent post about peer review, reminded me that there was something related that I had been considering writing about. There appears to be many climate “skeptics” (deniers some would call them) who regularly make claims about peer review being … Continue reading →

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Watt about peer-review?

Posted on June 25, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

There’s a new post on Watts Up With That (WUWT) called peer review – the rotten business model of modern science. Given that one of the arguments in the post is that the anonymity of the reviewer gives them power … Continue reading →

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Watt about the con-men?

Posted on April 30, 2013 by ...and Then There's Physics

There is a recent Watts Up With That (WUWT) post called how a scientist becomes a con-man. This was about a Dutch psychologist called Diederik Stapel who carried out research in the general area of sociology. Some of his work … Continue reading →

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