Tutorial on scientific spin
October 30, 2011 8:05 AM Subscribe
The Daily Mail makes a valiant attempt to muddy the climate science waters by pitting a careful scientist's comments against the careless self-promotion of former climate skeptic, Richard Muller.
To make their point, the newspaper creates an outrageous graph (halfway down) which demonstrates only that you can easily hide a trend in noisy data by shrinking the time scale and extending the y-axis.
The background of the article involves the recent results from the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature (BEST) project (funded in part by the conservative Koch Foundation) which corroborated the existing evidence of a century of global warming. (Previously)
To make their point, the newspaper creates an outrageous graph (halfway down) which demonstrates only that you can easily hide a trend in noisy data by shrinking the time scale and extending the y-axis.
The background of the article involves the recent results from the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature (BEST) project (funded in part by the conservative Koch Foundation) which corroborated the existing evidence of a century of global warming. (Previously)
This post was deleted for the following reason: This is written like your own blog post; less OP editorial voice, please. -- taz
Hahahaha! That graph is un-fucking-believable. Sorry for swearing but there's just no other way of putting it.
posted by Monkeymoo at 8:16 AM on October 30, 2011
posted by Monkeymoo at 8:16 AM on October 30, 2011
I think we can all agree on two things:
a) as you say, infini, this is a very editorial FPP;
b) seriously, across many subjects, editorials and campaigns, fuck the Daily Mail.
posted by jaduncan at 8:18 AM on October 30, 2011
a) as you say, infini, this is a very editorial FPP;
b) seriously, across many subjects, editorials and campaigns, fuck the Daily Mail.
posted by jaduncan at 8:18 AM on October 30, 2011
I like how the lead photo is of a fucking polar bear. Sorry for sweating but there's no other way of putting it.
posted by birdherder at 8:21 AM on October 30, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by birdherder at 8:21 AM on October 30, 2011 [1 favorite]
You might say that jaduncan, but where else am I going to find updates on celeb cellulite alongside Hitleresque hate for the travelling community?
They even managed to get a smiley pic of Muller and a po-faced one of Prof Curry.
posted by Abiezer at 8:22 AM on October 30, 2011
They even managed to get a smiley pic of Muller and a po-faced one of Prof Curry.
posted by Abiezer at 8:22 AM on October 30, 2011
Your point is to highlight how fucking ridiculous, twisted and poisonous the Daily Mail is by linking to them, twice? Please stop doing this.
posted by jontyjago at 8:22 AM on October 30, 2011
posted by jontyjago at 8:22 AM on October 30, 2011
Since when is posting the truth an editorial? An "editorial" generally involves advocating one side of an issue where there are two or more well-defined positions. As has been shown over and over and over again, there is no reasonable second side for the climate "debate."
posted by Betelgeuse at 8:23 AM on October 30, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Betelgeuse at 8:23 AM on October 30, 2011 [1 favorite]
Please stop doing this That's generally speaking by the way - addressing the whole internet. Not just pjenks.
posted by jontyjago at 8:23 AM on October 30, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by jontyjago at 8:23 AM on October 30, 2011 [1 favorite]
Please note that the graph in the Mail is titled "The Graph That Fooled The World" and credited to the GWPF (anti-climate change crusaders) who posted this yesterday.
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 8:27 AM on October 30, 2011
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 8:27 AM on October 30, 2011
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posted by infini at 8:10 AM on October 30, 2011