Category Archives: Fails

A brief summary of why "science" failed with global temperature

Posted on 30 October 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

David Cage prompted me to write a reply which on reflection is a nice summary of why academic science got into this mess with global warming so I’m posting it as an article. He was replying to my comment that … Continue reading →

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The dog's been sick – but no heat!

Posted on 6 October 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

When you use the excuse that the dog ate your homework, the last thing you want is for some smart alec to pump the dog’s stomach looking for it or worse, for the stupid mut to spew up all over … Continue reading →

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The Pause comes of age: no child has seen any global warming.

Posted on 2 October 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

According to the Cato institute (OK, not the most impartial site) October the 1st marks 18 years without warming. But where are all the world’s green activists are celebrating in the streets? Where are the climate scientists are over the … Continue reading →

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what more is there for sceptics? – I'm not a pyschiatrist and I'm no priest!

Posted on 25 September 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

As I was writing a note today I explained why I felt there was little more for the sceptic to do because “Scepticism is about basing your views on the evidence and the evidence is now very very clearly in … Continue reading →

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They think it's all over! … It is now!

Posted on 25 September 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

1.33C That’s it! Earlier this year, Nic Lewis and science writer Marcel Crok put forward a new estimate of the Earth’s climate sensitivity based on observational data, this figure has been confirmed by Professor Judith Curry and Lewis using the … Continue reading →

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Why Mann must be stopped

Posted on 24 September 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

Doing things outside climate for a while has given me a new perspective. So it was interesting reading the post on Bishop Hill. I’ve never doubted that Steyn would win in a fair courtroom. And when I saw the appalling … Continue reading →

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The global warming rout

Posted on 15 September 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

From the very first headline: “There Are Now 52 Explanations For The Pause In Global Warming” (Daily Caller), it was obvious that things are not going the zealot’s way. A quick scan now shows that the biggest story in the … Continue reading →

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Mann versus reality

Posted on 11 September 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

After reading the WUWT, I wanted to summarise the my thoughts on Mann’s chances of wining the court case and how I think he’s either lost hold of reality and/or is surrounded by fair weather friends who don’t have his … Continue reading →

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The pause deniers – still trying to read the entrails

Posted on 10 September 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

I’ve been away from climate doing more important things. However, I still occasionally look in to see what’s going on. And I can’t say the pause deniers look any better for being away. They are just incredible. In the face … Continue reading →

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I nearly fell off my seat.

Posted on 9 July 2014 by Scottish-Sceptic

I read saw an article in the Daily Mail Obama mocks GOP global warming skeptics and says they ‘pretend’ they ‘can’t read’ – but ignores new claims that the US has been COOLING since the 1930s It sounded suitably boring … Continue reading →

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