Re 6: Terry
Hi terry, thanks for your comments. First glad you agree on the issue of it having warmed since the LIA.
I’ll just respond to one point in your comment. You wrote:
“No sale. If you want to know why science debased itself follow the money.”
I try not to speak in generalities. First and foremost because I am in the process of making a submission to the committee that is investigating Jones and CRU. So, I limit my discussion to Jones and the other scientists mentioned in the mails. As I read through the mails I surely did look to find evidence of money playing a role.
I didn’t see much. What I did see was money shaping the questions that were asked. had I seen evidence of money changing hands to buy science I would have reported it. If you can find evidence of money playing a role, then please put together a submission for the inquiry at UEA. My point is this. If I want to be critical of scientists for being sloppy or bad record keepers then I better ground that criticism in fact. I better not be sloppy in accusing them of being sloppy. If I were accuse them of making stuff up without evidence, I better have evidence. Now to be sure other people in the debate have monetary interests. Those are separate matters.
