… inevitably other scientists find out …

Quote of the Day — 7 January 2011

” As the climate science continues to strengthen, and as the observational data around the world continue to accumulate, those who deny the reality or severity of human-induced climate change are getting increasingly desperate. As evidence piles up and as our weather worsens, their positions get weaker and weaker and their claims that the climate isn’t changing, or isn’t changing because of human actions get harder to support, their voices get more strident, and their language and vitriol get uglier.

Climate deniers cannot make a case against human-caused climate change without desperately manipulating, misrepresenting, or simply misunderstanding the science. …

…the Heartland Institute tried a trick, called “cherry picking” – where someone carefully selects one piece of data to prove a point while ignoring or hiding all of the other data points that refute it. That’s a bad, dishonest no-no. Scientists destroy their reputations when they do this (since inevitably other scientists find out)… ”

— Peter Gleick
— “Misrepresenting Climate Science: Cherry-Picking Data to Hide the Disappearance of Arctic Ice“
— The Huffington Post

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