Here’s why I don’t trust the Nudgelords . . .
Posted by Andrew on 17 August 2021, 9:29 am
They don’t admit their mistakes. In particular, they don’t admit when they’ve been conned.
1. Freakonomics
from 2009:
A Headline That Will Make Global-Warming Activists Apoplectic
The BBC is responsible. The article, by the climate correspondent Paul Hudson, is called “What Happened to Global Warming?” Highlights:
For the last 11 years we have not observed any increase in global temperatures. And our climate models did not forecast it, even though man-made carbon dioxide, the gas thought to be responsible for warming our planet, has continued to rise. So what on Earth is going on?
And:
According to research conducted by Professor Don Easterbrook from Western Washington University last November, the oceans and global temperatures are correlated. . . . Professor Easterbrook says: “The PDO cool mode has replaced the warm mode in the Pacific Ocean, virtually assuring us of about 30 years of global cooling.”
https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2021/08/17/heres-why-i-dont-trust-the-nudgelords/
