Monthly Archives: December 2014

Greenblobby waste more money = Fastest video fail.

Posted on 11 December 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

I just love watching these high cost committee produced greenblobbiest videos from the pause deniers to see just how soon they start telling lies. And I did not have to wait long. After the 10s “I did media studies” type … Continue reading →

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Interpreting graphs, blurred vision, Lewandowsky and unReal Climate

Posted on 10 December 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

I was reading Bob Tisdale’s blog Absolutely Amazing! A Climate Scientist Writes a Blog Post about… in which he discusses a post on unRealClimate, in which unRealClimate discuss Anthony Watts blog’s widget. (right) And I was looking forward to seeing how … Continue reading →

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Introduction to 1/f climate noise

Posted on 10 December 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

Time and again I hear nonsense from people saying climate signals are, or are not, “significant”, by this they suppose they mean “cannot be normal”.  But they ignore the fact that in order to say whether or not something it … Continue reading →

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Survey: Areas of post-school education & training

Posted on 10 December 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

Field summary for Q04 Please tick any of the following areas where you have received formal post-school education or training Answer Count Percentage Climatology (a05) 282 5.04% Geology or other earth science (a01) 893 15.97% Environmental studies (a02) 663 11.86% … Continue reading →

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Natural habitats of 1/f noise errors.

Posted on 9 December 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

I’ve been collecting a few interesting curves from the 1/f generator at uBurns.com and here is a selection showing the kinds of features that are typical of 1/f noise and which we regularly see being mistaken for “something”. Note First … Continue reading →

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Statistics of 1/f noise – implications for climate forecast

Posted on 9 December 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

Across at uBurns.com, a slow trickle of people have been looking at the page giving me a total of 221 page views. So, I thought there was enough data to do some preliminary stats. First to recap: the climatic temperature … Continue reading →

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A few word definitions

Posted on 9 December 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

Over the years I’ve introduced and/or started using a few words. So, here is a list of ones that as far as I know I was first to use – together with a few others. The Pause I coined the … Continue reading →

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Survey: What is the highest level of qualifications you hold?

Posted on 9 December 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

Results from survey “Professional Background & Attitude to Climate” undertaken in Spring 2014 Field summary for Q03 What is the highest level of qualifications you hold? Answer Count Percentage School certificate (1) 370 6.59% Vocational (equivalent to HND, HNC, DEUG … Continue reading →

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When academics turn into activists – who do we trust: politicians?

Posted on 9 December 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

An interesting situation has arisen in Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. Jeff Seeney, the Queensland Deputy Premier has ordered the regional council to remove all references to academic [my word] derived sea level rises as a result of supposed climate upcasting  … Continue reading →

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One small step for [a] Man a giant leap for climate realism

Posted on 8 December 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

Why would an Apollo Astronaut come out of retirement to jump off a cliff in Peru? For Apollo 7 astronaut Walt Cunningham, calling attention to the “sorry way” that climate science and policy have been distorted is an important reason. … Continue reading →

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