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John Robertson says:
Of course clearly stating the error bars and uncertainties would have prevented Climate Castrology from ever mining a single government grant
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Editor of the Fabius Maximus website says:
John,
I hate to think that was the motive of all the scientists doing research in ocean heat content.
On the other hand, they record the data using thermometers — but also never show it in degrees. The changes in degrees are small, which would raise questions about the significance of this finding (especially before Argo, circa 2005). Perhaps that’s a smoking gun.
The good news is that to understand this work we can ignore the mental states of the scientists involved — which is always a good idea. Motives don’t matter (e..g, some excellent surgeons enjoy cutting people).