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A fascinating symptom of the climate-change religion is the Believer who comes down with a case of something approaching holy worship of the phrase "peer review". Magic, magic "peer review" - all-powerful and truth-finding. Listen to any Believer, there is nothing "peer review" can't accomplish. Whatever has been "peer reviewed" is double-plus yestruth. Whatever has not been "peer reviewed" is void and nothingness.
This "peer review" worship is especially intense among Believers who know nothing about science, have never participated in science, have never written a scientific paper, and of course, it goes without saying, have never themselves been one of those vaunted "peer reviewers" they worship so much. Like I have.
There is a paradox, however. If "peer reviewers" are so infallible, and I've been a "peer reviewer", and yet I reject the Global Warming religion, shouldn't a climate-change Believer's head explode?
[Originally posted at Rhymes With Cars & Girls]
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Green Energy
"Peer Review": More Magical Than Jesus
A fascinating symptom of the climate-change religion is the Believer who comes down with a case of something approaching holy worship of the phrase "peer review". Magic, magic "peer review" - all-powerful and truth-finding. Listen to any Believer, there is nothing "peer review" can't accomplish. Whatever has been "peer reviewed" is double-plus yestruth. Whatever has not been "peer reviewed" is void and nothingness.
This "peer review" worship is especially intense among Believers who know nothing about science, have never participated in science, have never written a scientific paper, and of course, it goes without saying, have never themselves been one of those vaunted "peer reviewers" they worship so much. Like I have.
There is a paradox, however. If "peer reviewers" are so infallible, and I've been a "peer reviewer", and yet I reject the Global Warming religion, shouldn't a climate-change Believer's head explode?
[Originally posted at Rhymes With Cars & Girls]
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Top Scientist Warns New Trend Points to Global CoolingFrom Weasel Zippers: (Fox News)- The hottest new trend in climate change may be global cooling, some researchers say. Contrary to the commonly held scientific conclusion that the Earth is getting warmer,...
- The Climategate Effect
It's dawning on me just how damaging ClimateGate really is. At first I thought it would come and go, a minor blip in the steadfast march toward Controlling Us All In The Name Of Saving Us All. But here's the thing. The more I think about ClimateGate,...
- Breaking: Britain's "met Office" Admits Cru Data Is Bad; Announces It Must Redo 160 Years Of Temperature Data
From Reliapundit the Astute Blogger: The Met Office plans to re-examine 160 years of temperature data after admitting that public confidence in the science on man-made global warming has been shattered by leaked e-mails. The new analysis of the data will...
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From the Wall Street Journal: The climatologists at the center of last week's leaked-email and document scandal have taken the line that it is all much ado about nothing. Yes, the wording of the some of their messages was unfortunate, but they insist...
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