[AmishDude]

The scientists went beyond their normal doublechecking and took the unusual step of running computer climate models “just to make sure that what we're seeing was real,” Easterling said.

What?

[crazyhorse691]

I saw that too. Still scratching my head to figure out what he meant...there could be some implications of less than stellar scientific work if it means he had to tweak the computer program to match the stats.

[editor-surveyor]

"What?"

You read that right; you can't trust the thermometer; you know how they lie; let a computer model tell you what you want to hear.

[bjc]

Don't be alarmed. It is an AP report, which means that it is about as scientific as a story in National Lampoon.

[AnOldCowhand]

The scientists went beyond their normal doublechecking and took the unusual step of running computer climate models “just to make sure that what we're seeing was real,” Easterling said.

Why believe an instrument that will give you a direct, unimpeachable reading when you can trust a computer model that can be tweaked until it tells you what you want to hear?