Reply to comment
Response from ClipMarks comment
May 22, 2007 by kmcolo (not verified), 2 years 26 weeks ago
Comment id: 23735
Reply
About us
Science Blog was started in August 2002. It lives, breathes and eats press releases from research organizations around the globe. Most of what you read here are press releases from the outfits named in the stories themselves. Got a news story you think belongs here? Let's talk. The other half of the equation is blog posts from readers like you. So if you have an interest in science, please register and join others like you in an ongoing, vibrant dialog about what makes the world tick. Meantime, please take a minute to read our Privacy Policy and Site Disclaimer.Recommended
Andrew Sullivan Dan Sullivan Doug Arellanes Emmanuelle Richard Faith Sullivan Fred Bortz Heather Havrilesky Henry Copeland Kate Sullivan Ken Layne lagreenbean.com LAist.com Maggie Sullivan Matt Welch NewYorkology Opinion L.A. Ron Kaye Slashdot Steve Elzer & Family TheNewsroom.org Thor Garcia Tony Pierce Wonkette OlderThanks CNET for naming Science Blog one of your Blog 100!
Hi Dr.FredB
Yes, very good to add that last paragraph and something I had hoped to convey in my comments about this paper but likely failed to truly do.
But that last paragraph is not a panacea for the doubt of some. Human systems are rife with inertia (this hysteresis can be a good thing too) and one of the mechanisms of that inertia is group think and risk aversion. I would not expect them to say that this is evidence that global warming theory is wrong on many counts. Scientifically there is not enough evidence to say that, they even mention the statistical uselessness of the data so far. But human systems dynamics need to be considered as well.
My big problem in the climate science world is that there is too little consideration of human systems dynamics - and that accusation goes to "both" sides of the issue.