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There Is No Such Thing As A 1000-Year Flood
Phrases like "100 year rainfalls" or floods or whatever for whatever period of time are awful. They convey an improper idea of uncertainty. The phrase "X year event" is based…
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Stream: Climate Circus, Climate Clowns at #COP21
Update Tell me: are we getting sick of discussing this topic, or what? It seems that, as is sane and rational, most of us would rather move on to something…
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Coming Clean On My Global Warming Funding
Since the "Why models run hot" flap started a witch hunt in Congress, I thought I'd give the complete story of my funding for any work of any kind done…
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Stop Teaching Frequentism; More On That “Altruism” Study; Etc.
Freq Out Reader ECM points us to "The Great Statistical Schism", by a fellow named Brendon Brewer who "is a senior lecturer in the Department of Statistics in Auckland." Brewer…
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Mainstream Global Warming Reporters Are Biased, Unteachable, Lazy, & Unethical
The left-wing Washington Post, stepping up its advocacy, issued a set of words yesterday teaching the global warming controversy and ignoring science. Typical. The somehow aptly named E Wemple gave…
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The Corrosive Effect Of Democracy, Far East Edition
Taiwan had its election on January 16th, elevating Tsai English Language (her real name) to the presidency. Tsai represented the DPP, which is roughly equivalent to the island's progressive party.…
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Newly Discovered Ocean Cooling Process Implies Climate Stabler Than We Knew
Today's post is at The Stream: "Newly Discovered Ocean Cooling Process Implies Climate Stabler Than We Knew." A new paper about how certain chemicals produced in the ocean might cause…
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Uncertainty: Book Update
First, note the New & Improved title! Uncertainty, which was suggested by the book's Foreword author Steven Goldberg, about whom more in a moment. The publisher has the full, complete…
