The reality of AGM is often presented as a no-brainer and that deniers are just plain stupid. However, this shows that global warming is not transparently self-evident and that an additional level of analysis is required to tease out the proof. I personally think the climate scientists speak down to the lay public and this attitude fuels denialism.
Harry On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 10:22 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Craig <cchayniepub...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Here's a graph: >> >> >> https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4QESdNmbCJSbFFScjJZdUhWdU0/edit?usp=sharing >> >> So the temperature stall is still above the 50 year trend line, and can >> continue flat for quite some time before it falls below the first standard >> deviation. > > > Interesting. Note that many of the fluctuations are not random. They have > known causes, such as volcanoes and el nino. This is explained in the video > I posted, which shows how these extraneous events can be filtered out of the > data. > > Here is a better copy of the video with footnotes and scientific references: > > http://www.skepticalscience.com/16_more_years_of_global_warming.html > > If I saw cold fusion excess heat data as clear as this, I would say it is > conclusive. > > - Jed >
