Why didn’t anyone tell me?
I don’t know if scientists have the choice anymore of ignoring the problem. This case is getting enough attention — and the details are hair-raising enough for anyone who does science for the science and not just the paycheck — that others will have to weigh in here, about whether the special papal dispensation afforded for climate secret science is legitimate… or if it is hopelessly corrupting.
. . . Is it “science” when data and methodologies are kept secret and only the conclusions published, stripped of any backing evidence that can be criticized (or even merely examined)?
What the hell is that? If you want to keep your evidence secret, keep your conclusions secret too. You cannot offer naked conclusions — assertions without a shred of evidence backing them — as you conspire in secret to delete data rather than disclose it and “hide behind IPR claims.” (Intellectual Property Rights, that is.)
Conclusions without evidence deserve the the precise level of seriousness their proponents invest them with: None at all. Because if they meant to be taken seriously, they’d offer their data and methodology to the world.
Some liberals have whined about the plight of these poor climate “scientists,” being harrassed to death with thousands of FOIA requests and inquiries and pesterings about data and methods. They have so little time to deal with these things, the apologists whine; who can blame them for getting exasperated and cutting a few corners?
The only reason, however, there were so many requests and follow-up questions and inquires is because they were determined from the outset to reveal nothing. Had they simply done what all other scientists do, and reveal[ed] their data and methods upfront and without prompting, they would not have [had] to answer all these pesky FOIA demands . . . .
I think this is the time when other scientists get over their fear and denial and start calling out the charlatans posing as their “colleagues.”
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