[Bud]

Freeman Dyson is not a climate scientist at all and never has been. Roy Spencer isn't a "renowned scientist"; he's a paid oil-industry shill. Lindzen used to be a scientist; now he's retired and gets paid to be a Cato Institute shill. Judith Curry also used to be a scientist and quit her academic job; presumably being a shill pays WAY better.

So, basically, yes, they are all bought and paid for, or, they simply have no credentials or knowledge of the field in question.

[voice_of_reason]

Dyson is a renowned physicist interested in climate science. I believe that his physics/math skills and general intelligence allow him to be quite competent in climate issues.

Lindzen retired only in 2013. I don't see how this makes his opinion about CAGW less valuable, especially given the fact that he was skeptical about CAGW hypothesis for a long time.

"Judith Curry also used to be a scientist and quit her academic job; presumably being a shill pays WAY better." - where's the proof that she is a "shill"?

Roy Spencer is a renowned scientist in my book: "Roy Warren Spencer is a meteorologist, a principal research scientist at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, and the U.S. Science Team leader for the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR-E) on NASA's Aqua satellite. He has served as senior scientist for climate studies at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center."

Again, where is the proof that he is oil industry's shill?

[mturmon]

To my knowledge, Freeman Dyson has no peer reviewed research contributions in the climate literature. That should be the price of entry, otherwise there is nothing of substance to critique.

[Karunamon]

This is exactly what I meant by fallacies. Either their research is legitimate or it is not. And that legitimacy is not a factor of the employer - if their science sucks, it'll manifest in the data, analysis, or conclusions, regardless of who's paying for it.

"Shills" is an insult, not an argument.

[grasshopperpurp]

Are you qualified to decipher the data? Honest question.

[Bud]

They aren't doing any "research".

[oh_sigh]

So basically, anyone who is a respectable scientist who disagrees with this is a shill?