Posted on 01/19/2017 1:58:46 PM PST by SeekAndFind
They say that mathematics is the language of science, which is a way of saying that science is quantitative. It is moved forward by numbers and measurements, not just by qualitative observations. “It seems hot out” is not science. Giving a specific temperature, measured by a specific process at a specific time, compared to other systematically gathered measurements—that is science.
So when you read an article proclaiming that, for the third year in a row, last year was the hottest year on record, you might expect that right up front you will get numbers, measurements, and a statistical margin of error. You know, science stuff. Numbers. Quantities. Mathematics.
And you would be wrong.
I just got done combing through a New York Times report titled, “Earth Sets a Temperature Record for the Third Straight Year.” The number of relevant numbers in this article is: zero.
We are not told what the average global temperature was, how much higher this is than last year’s record or any previous records, or what the margin of error is supposed to be on those measurements. Instead, we get stuff like this.
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"Marking another milestone for a changing planet, scientists reported on Wednesday that the Earth reached its highest temperature on record in 2016—trouncing a record set only a year earlier, which beat one set in 2014. It is the first time in the modern era of global warming data that temperatures have blown past the previous record three years in a row.
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Note to the New York Times: “trouncing” and “blown past” are phrases appropriate to sports reporting, not science reporting. Except that no sports reporter would dare write an article in which he never bothers to give you the score of the big game.
Yet that’s what passes for “science reporting”
(Excerpt) Read more at thefederalist.com ...
The Rooskies faked the data from Siberia....
If you question them, you’re “anti-science.”
NYT is an agenda-driven rag.
Yet that’s what passes for “science reporting”
I thought Global Warming was Religious in nature, when did it become science??
The last two summers have seemed kinda hot. So what? That observation doesn’t make me a scientist and the fact that the last two summers seemed kinda hot doesn’t mean anything.
The NY Times seems to be committing suicide before our eyes. Let’s enjoy it.
Good article.
Rick Perry just stated climate change is real and man made.Total surrender.
Rick Perry just stated climate change is real and man made.Total surrender.
I heard that earlier too, I thought Marijuana was still Illegal in Texas?? Does the Ex Governor know it is illegal to take drugs??
Good find!
Everyone sing along now.....Feeelings....nothing more than feelings...raining down on...
Math is hard.................for journalists............
all arithmetic is math but not all math is arithmetic
Of course the pagan (religious) left can’t rely on objective facts. That would utterly destroy them.
And BOTH are anathema to journalism grads......................
NYT = FakeNews; Bad Science; Anti-American, Agenda Driven Commentary.
oh did you read all the emails in the data dump too? I loved it! Only one tree core! And the constant pleading for more funding, just tell us what you want the data to show! I'm sure I still have that file somewhere...
If he actually believes that, then Rick Perry is a gullible fool.
#FakeNews
If you’ve seen one hockey stick, you’ve seen Yamal....
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