shira
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- Jan 12, 2005
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Some of you guys are a bunch of friggin idiots. Did you even read the article (which is pretty clearly written by someone with an agenda - hint - read the address of the URL:
The author found that there were errors in data as reported somewhere. Yet, you guys claim that
A) This raw data that is publicly available is not publicly available because scientists aren't releasing it.
B) Any attempt to deal with outliers like this is "cooking the data."
C) This data was actually used in climate models when even the author states that he doesn't know.
Regardless of your point of view on global warming, to accept at face value any article written which supports your point of view shows an incredible degree of academic laziness.
Furthermore, the title - average of 10 to 15 degrees warmer. Sure, if you have one data point that's 500 and something degrees above the actual value, when you average it in with a bunch of other data points that are correct, the new average is going to be 10-15 degrees higher. If the other data points were higher than actual, then that average is going to be even higher yet. I can't recall any scientific studies that said "OMG! Michigan was 15 degrees warmer on average this year!" That's pretty telling that this 600 degree point was NOT used. ANYONE who isn't an idiot will "manipulate (omg!)" the raw data to exclude outliers.
Well said.
Erroneous data? "It's a conspiracy!!" Eliminate the erroneous data? "They're MANIPULATING the data!! It's a conspiracy!!"