[mwilli20]

A respected atmospheric scientist valliantly trying to bring a reasoned principled view to this grotesque amalgamation of scientific fraud that is the Global Warming movement.

[TigersEye]

No Smoking Hot Spot (The Australian)

[headstamp 2]

“Virtually all scientists directly involved in climate prediction are aware of the enormous uncertainties associated with their product.”

A perfect description of it. A product.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

Even if we didn't have to listen to all of the globaloney, there're plenty of other issues where scientists have bowed to political pressure:

1. Economists who encourage the hoi polloi to keep investing in bubbles long enough for their paymasters to get out before the bubble bursts.

2. IQ research

3. Research involving differences in capabilities between men and women

4. Research involving physical differences linked to race and/or ethnicity

5. Any research that concludes that there is such a thing as race

6. Any research regarding sexual orientation: whether it is a choice or a genetically or prenatally determined condition, whether people who engage in certain practices are more likely to contract certain diseases, etc.

7. Anything related to transsexualism

8. Anything related to nuclear energy

9. Anything related to "green" technology

etc.

[palmer]

From the article: suddenly we are hearing that perhaps the heat of global warming is being “hidden” in the deep ocean. In other words we are being told that some internal oceanic fluctuation may have reduced the upward trend in global temperature. It is therefore more than a little strange that we are not hearing from the IPCC (or at any rate not hearing very loudly) that some natural internal fluctuation of the system may have given rise to most of the earlier upward trend.

[InterceptPoint]

... it risks destroying, perhaps for centuries to come, the unique and hard-won reputation for honesty which is the basis of society’s respect for scientific endeavor.

I worry about this as too. But not too much. The Junk Science Club only has two major members that I'm aware of:

Global Warming
HIV = AIDS

As far as I know, that's it. String Theory may turn out to be a dud but I believe that it is pursued in good faith. Of course I could be wrong about that.

Are there other candidates? Probably.

[cripplecreek]

Bet they didn't predict this much floe ice on lake superior this year. (Photo from yesterday)