re: #362 LudwigVanQuixote

Absolutely. It is also a distraction. By focusing on one guy in the AGW camp so to speak, they spread the false idea that the whole body of data is flawed and find a convenient way to ignore it.

Agreed. The conversation devolves into forcing the science into a defensive posture to correct misused data to explain the body of work in a way that most don’t care to understand. And scientists rarely have the skill or interest in doing so.

If they want to discuss policy then the first thing to do is look at the facts so that sound policy can be discussed. Yet it never gets to that point. It always devolves into hinst smears, allegations and talking about anything other than the actual science and what might be needed to address it.

That’s more fun.