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Bad data begets bad data.I'm curious Ian, what non computer model derived evidence supports AGW? Also it has to of course not have been falsified...that's kind of important too.
I'll go so far as to say that for those honest scientists doing actual research the problem isn't falsified data, it's incompetently smoothed data. The historical GISS dataset doesn't even exist anymore. The only data available now is the daily average that was computed by software written by an amateur programmer (not someone formally trained or experienced in computer science and statistics).
Yup, and in the case of my wife's cousin we talked about that a little. I pulled up some source code from the climategate files and showed where data integrity was nonexistent. I showed where the algorithm for adjusting data caused errors due to improper data type conversion. I then pulled up some surveys of sites included in her data set that documented temperature sensors on parking lots and near big air conditioner outlets.
She said that she wasn't qualified to comment on this because these weren't her fields of study. I told her they were mine and she accepted that but said there was no way errors like this would pass peer-review. When I showed her that they did she said that these were "experts" and I was obviously missing something.
The fact is, she's very intelligent and honest. She cannot fathom that such glaring oversights have been made and there is no reason for her to reinvent the wheel. I asked her if she thought someone citing her research would have the same perspective and she agreed.