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by gaius
5393 days ago
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In that case, all those fancy scientists have agreed on a term that no-one else uses anymore because it does not accurately describe what is really happening, which we call "climate change". So much for Nobel Prizes eh? It is exactly as I say: outside their specialist field, every scientist is just a layperson like you or I. Perhaps you ought to check out what a real expert, Dr John Theon, has to say: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/28/nasa_climate_theon/ |
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"So who is John S Theon?
John Theon was not Hansen's supervisor.
The usual denialists (e.g. The Register) are excited because some guy they never heard of before has joined Inhofe's merry band, writing:
who disagree that global warming is man made."M. J. Murphy has some information about Theon. It seems that Inhofe's claim that Theon was Hansen's supervisor is completely untrue:
Environment and Public Works Committee on January 15, 2009. "I was, in effect, Hansen's supervisor because I had to justify his funding, allocate his resources, and evaluate his results. I did not have the authority to give him his annual performance evaluation... supervisor is here contrasted with being "in reality" Hansen's supervisor--being the guy who gives Hansen his annual performance appraisal, in other words--which, frankly, does linguistic violence to the term.Gavin Schmidt writes:
some 15 YEARS AGO. Until yesterday I had never heard of him (despite working with and for NASA for the last 13 years). His insights into both modelling and publicity appear to date from then, rather than any recent events. He was not Hansen's 'boss' (the director of GISS reports to the director of GSFC, who reports to the NASA Administrator). His "some scientists" quote is simply a smear - which scientists? where? what did they do? what data? what manipulation? This kind of thing plays well with Inhofe et al because it appears to add something to the 'debate', but in actual fact there is nothing here. Just vague, unsubstantiated accusations.http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2009/01/so_who_is_john_s_the...
Got anyone that isn't so old one suspects they'll say anything to keep from having to go back to the nursing home alone.