"In order to refute Global Warming, one needs to show how the entire body of evidence is incorrect"
It is hard to describe how much I disagree with this statement. First of all, is it even talking about man-made global warming? There are surely periods of global warming. Each ice-age was followed by an extended period of global warming. So, even if there is global warming currently happening, and that is a big IF, is it just a natural cycle? Next, the part about showing the entire body of evidence to be incorrect is ludicrous. It puts an impossible burden on skeptics. I call bull-shit. If someone can prove that a foundational piece of data is corrupt, manufactured, or used incorrectly, then the whole hypothesis is on shaky ground. "What kills me is that one (1) set of bad data from an obscure school that no one had heard of is being used as the basis to shoot down an entire hypothesis." While most people may not know about East Anglia, that doesn't mean its data manipulation (more than one set) isn't enough to seriously damage the man-made global warming hypothesis. East Anglia has one of the worlds leading climate change research centers. It also plays a leading role in compiling UN reports and tracks long-term temperature changes. >From it's own website: The Climatic Research Unit is widely recognised as one of the world's leading institutions concerned with the study of natural and anthropogenic climate change. Consisting of a staff of around thirty research scientists and students, the Unit has developed a number of the data sets widely used in climate research, including the global temperature record used to monitor the state of the climate system, as well as statistical software packages and climate models. Alongside its research activities, the Unit has an educational role through its contribution to formal teaching with the School of Environmental Sciences (most notably, the MSc in Climate Change) and various forms of in-service training including postgraduate education. It is regarded as an authoritative source of information on both the science and policy aspects of climate change by the media and maintains a high public profile. The staff of the Unit have an enviable publication record, contributing to both peer-review and popular journals as well as editing various newsletters and bulletins. The Climatic Research Unit is part of the School of Environmental Sciences with close links to other research groups within the department such as the Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment. The Unit undertakes collaborative research with institutes throughout the world on a diverse range of topics and is coordinating or contributing to a number of networking activities. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:312098 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
