Re: Was the ClimateGate Hacker Justified? Join the Debate!

[Martin Tomasek <tomasek () ufe cz>]

Rich Kulawiec wrote:
> Can you -- generic you -- right here, right now, without any help,
> state the three laws of thermodynamics, give an example of a perturbation
> function, explain the carbon dioxide phase diagram, and solve a partial
> differential equation?   If not, then you really should not be trying
> to express an opinion on global warming.  You're as clueless about it
> as I am about Italian poetry.
>   

Trying to impress? Well.. I would add following:

1) Can you measure temperature with error less than 0.1C?
2) Do you know about how big is measurement uncertainty for your data?
3) Do you know that satellite temperature measurements are models, 
calibrated by ground temperature?
4) Do you know that most of temperature measurement is done in urban 
areas, biasing the measurement?
5) Do you know something about 'butterfly effect'? (great differences in 
state trajectories by some time, which reduces prediction horizont of 
your model, depending on measurement error)
6) Do you know that reality is more real than any model?

I am quite sure most of IPCC climate scientists won't pass even 3 of 
these 6 points. :-((

-- 
Martin Tomasek

"Those who sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither." --Benjamin Franklin

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