Friday, November 25, 2011

Warmist Geoffrey Lean: "The emails do destroy the myth of motiveless, disinterested paragons which some scientists have tried to foster – but then no-one else really believed it anyway."

Climategate II: the scientists fight back - Telegraph

Yet disturbing questions remain. One email protests, for example, that “science is being manipulated to put a political spin on it”, another says “there have been a number of dishonest presentations of model results by individuals and by IPCC”. And, like last time, there is evidence of attempts to evade Freedom of Information requests. These cry out for urgent investigation

But most of these objections were made by climate scientists – as was the revelation of the Himalayan howler – which scarcely suggests a wide conspiracy to deceive. The emails do destroy the myth of motiveless, disinterested paragons which some scientists have tried to foster – but then no-one else really believed it anyway. And the science itself remains sound, based on a wide variety of sources and studies and so far not invalidated by anything that has emerged from either Climategate. 

6 comments:

Christopher R Taylor said...

Wait, so emails about manipulating science for the cause, bad material being sent to the IPCC and how awful the hockey stick graph is doesn't make a dent in the science of climate change alarmism?

Got it.

Anonymous said...

what else can Mr Lean say, he has been pushing this for a while now, he can't turn around and say whoops i made a mistake, this is why this scam will continue for a long time, like the Euro, also pushed by the same people, it takes a while to come to a crashing end.

Don Andersen said...

" ... but then no-one else really believed it anyway"
A good percentage of the general public certainly believed it.

John of Cloverdale WA said...

Move on, nothing to see here.
It's insurance cover.
What will our grandchildren think if we don't act now?
A carbon (dioxide) tax, because it's the right thing to do.
Spin baby, spin!

Jim Macdonald said...

It is the science that is being perverted by corrupt scientists.

Anonymous said...

What exactly was the purpose of refusing disclosure of data?

PResumably a validation of results by "opponents" would enhance a scientist's reputation and prestige. So why try so hard to evafe FOIA requests? What was being protected?

The question is real, not rhetorical.

Nik