Eli Rabett wrote:
>
> Raymond Arritt wrote:
>
>>Eli Rabett wrote:
>>
>>
>>>The base problem against a Sgt. Schultz defence (I don't know nothing)
>>>is that Michaels benefited monetarily and in other ways from what is
>>>potentially an impersonation of a state official.
>>>
>>>OTOH, we could then go back and read all the stirring defenses of
>>>Michaels, the eminent State Climatologist (but he did stay once at
>>>Holiday Inn Express).
>>
>>Eh, well, I don't see this as much more than a bureaucratic screwup.
>>And it distracts attention from the more substantive problems with
>>Michaels' public statements and science.
>
>
> You are thinking like a scientist, which is what got everyone in
> trouble in the first place:)
>
> How much of his authority does Michaels derive from his position? How
> does that position get him exposure in the media. Why is it hard to
> argue about the substantive problems with Michaels' public statements
> to someone who knows very little about climate science but sees that
> Michaels is "State Climatologist"
>
> Now think about how the argument would change if it were shown that he
> is an imposter, pretending to be State Climatologist for 25 years and
> fooling everyone?
But you on the other hand are thinking too much like a conspiracy
theorist, and what's more, even if this really was a deliberate fraud
and Michaels was in on it from the start (which I don't believe for a
minute), I very much doubt there is any chance of demonstrating that
with any degree of verifiability this many years after the event.
It seems overwhelmingly probable that all that happened is that some
bureaucrats didn't cross their Ts and dot their Is properly due to
mix-ups and confusion between departments.
It is possible that the two buck-passing institutions responsible might
now decide that they don't want a State Climatologist, or even if they
do, they don't want it to be Pat Michaels. Some might think that either
of those outcomes would be rather agreeable. Looking beyond that is
stretching things altogether too far IMO. He still has his professorship
anyway, so won't be disappearing any time soon...except as at present
when questions are being asked :-)
James
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