2010-04-15

What Consensus Looks Like To Some

Ouch.

21 of 44 chapters in the United Nations' Nobel-winning climate bible earned an F on a report card released today. Forty citizen auditors from 12 countries examined 18,500 sources cited in the report – finding 5,600 to be not peer-reviewed.
Contrary to statements by the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the celebrated 2007 report does not rely solely on research published in reputable scientific journals. It also cites press releases, newspaper and magazine clippings, student theses, newsletters, discussion papers, and literature published by green advocacy groups. Such material is often called "grey literature."
More findings at Citizen Audit here. Ugh.
Posted by T.C.

2 comments:

  1. potsoc4/15/2010

    As Galilleo said:"But it revolves around the sun".

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  2. T.C.4/15/2010

    I think it does a great job debunking the consensus argument.

    As for global warming and Galileo - perhaps this is true but Galileo didn't cook the books.

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