[LINK] Propaganda, manipulation and the abuse of media [Was: IPA, astroturfing and fantsy themes/Science under attack]

David Boxall david.boxall at hunterlink.net.au
Wed Feb 22 14:04:29 AEDT 2012


On 22/02/2012 1:01 PM, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
> ...
> The models the climate scientists use for their predictions are very
> suspect. They are a) linear (the world is non-linear)
 From what I've seen, the models are too complex to be characterised so 
simply. The ones I've studied are linear in parts, exponential in others 
and employ mathematics beyond my ken in still others.

To which models are you referring?
> and b) they are
> incomplete (they leave out potentially critical effect).
> ...
Such as? What evidence do you have that the effects are:
- critical and;
- not considered?

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