Bishop Hill (and it is a disgrace that I have still not put him on my links, mea culpa), has excelled himself, and done us all an immense service, by writing a clear and easily understood summary of the long, and scientifically complex, argument between Steve McIntyre of Climate Audit and the HAF proponents of the 'hockey stick', that mythical graph which purports to show centuries of even temperatures until the beginning of the 20th c. when suddenly they rocket upwards so that it somewhat resembles a hockey stick lying on its back. It is a longish read but enthralling, and it will demonstrate, even to the most ardent Hot Air Fanatic, the unscrupulous chicanery that so-called scientists will stoop to in order to produce results that conform to a political agenda. This story of McIntyre's tireless crusade to force the HAF scientists to disclose their methods will go down in the history of science as perhaps more important to science than any number of other discoveries because of the way in which it has forced scientists to be honest.
Read it and weep - er, that is, weep for yourself, as Gordon Brown uses this HAF propaganda as a means of taxing you to the hilt!
In a letter to Nature (August 10, 2006) Bradley, Hughes and Mann pointed at the original title of their 1998 article: Northern Hemisphere temperatures during the past millennium: inferences, uncertainties, and limitations (Geophys. Res. Lett. 26, 759–762; 1999) and pointed out more widespread high-resolution data are needed before more confident conclusions can be reached and that the uncertainties were the point of the article.
See here for details of the degree to which there exists global consensus on the nature and causes of anthropogenic climate change:
http://www.logicalscience.com/consensus/consensusD1.htm
Posted by: punkscience | Wednesday, 20 August 2008 at 20:32
Well, I've got to hand it to you, 'Little Willy', when it comes to chutzpah you have more than your fair share. Perhaps you would be kind enough to answer one simple question: why should I not delete your comment and write something like this in its place?
"'Little Willy', I will not have anyone propose anthropogenic climate change here. In fact, from your demonstrable racism and climate change advocacy I will not tolerate you any more.
Fuck you, you bigoted, goat-fisting cockweasel."
My readers and commenters above at "Little Willy hardens!" would be equally interested in your reply.
Posted by: David Duff | Wednesday, 20 August 2008 at 21:42
Snigger.
Posted by: punkscience | Wednesday, 20 August 2008 at 23:19