NASA Scientist James Hansen Places Foot in Mouth on Global Warming?
Hansen Compounds Error at GISS
Steve McIntyre is an independent statistician that is known for questioning the accuracy of the temperature record and statistical method used with the data. Because of his concern Mr.McIntyre is labeled a global warming skeptic. The discovery of the error was made by McIntyre and following an email from McIntyre to GISS corrected. After discovering Dr. Hansen's email days later, McIntyre posted this in the Watt's Up With This blog.
The title and first paragraph of Dr. Hansen's email is as follows:
A Light On Upstairs?
Sorry to send another e-mail so soon. No need to read further unless you are interested in temperature changes to a tenth of a degree over the U.S. and a thousandth of a degree over the world.
And the concluding paragraphs:
Somehow the flaw in 2001-2007 U.S. data was advertised on the internet and for two days I have been besieged by rants that I have wronged the President, that I must "step down", or that I must "vanish". Hmm, I am not very good at magic tricks.
My apologies if the quick response that I sent to Andy Revkin and several other journalists, including the suggestion that it was a tempest inside somebody's teapot dome, and that perhaps a light was not on upstairs, was immoderate. It was not ad hominem, though.
Jim
In the norcal blog, McIntyre posted a lengthy response. One paragraph of that response was particularly interesting:
I haven't seen the original letter and don't know who the comment was about. However, it certainly sounds like an ad hominem remark and one that is highly inappropriate for a federal civil servant. I have a number of comments about other aspects of the letter.
While the scientific community ponders the significance of 0.1 to 0.15 degrees C in the US historical temperature averages in the grand scheme of anthropogenic global warming. I wonder if the mainstream media and Dr. Hansen are pondering the wisdom of review of press release prior to dissemination?
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14 Comments
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Let me try to clarify my lame and incorrect ad hominem definition. Ad Hominem is a personal attack but doesn't have to be vindictive. ex. "His limited experience does not support his argument." "Tempest in someone's teapot dome " is the comment, I want the readers to decide.
Thanks Jamie for the comments. I didn't use the argument against the messenger since it can be construed less vindictively. Argumentum ad hominem no doubt.
This is an important story, not because of the significance of 0.1 degree celsius, but because no scientist anywhere should fail to release any information that modifies a theory. While 0.1 is a tiny number by itself, if there are other errors out there even of this relatively small significance, they can add up to a pretty big one in the end that IS significant.
Ad hominem is, technically, attacking the messenger instead of the message: "That can't be true because my opponent is a poopy pants."
It is amazing how many views this article is getting. This is a much more important subject than is Britney Spears wearing undies? The whole point I am trying to make is that the science is not settled. Yes, the world is warming. Yes, man plays a role. How much is the question?
Nuke bush, no, sorry, waterboard him.
what is with the last comment? are you kidding me?
Been there with Hansen. He's a...er...a...er...little out there.