Comments on: Roger Pielke Jr no longer with FiveThirtyEight?

By: Craig Thomas

Craig Thomas — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 00:33:11 +0000

Kramer, how could you consider Mann “an outlier” when a score of subsequent studies have agreed with and confirmed his results?

Looks like *you*’re the outlier here, Kramer…

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Sun, 20 Jul 2014 12:39:47 +0000

Kramer, be specific and state your qualifications to judge.

By: Steve Bloom

Steve Bloom — Sun, 20 Jul 2014 05:20:32 +0000

The pushback from Krugman was key to this.

Poor RL, “he”d yet again.

By: GregH

GregH — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 00:59:36 +0000

My impression is that Mann is hated because he’s willing to stand up for science and his own work in the face of considerable bullying from people who dislike his work for ideological reasons.

By: kramer

kramer — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 23:49:44 +0000

“So, this is what happens when you play fast and loose with the fancy statistical methods. You are seen as an outlier and removed. ”

How come Mann is still in?

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 21:42:35 +0000

I am going to guess that any reticence that Silver may have had to go along with accepted science was out of ignorance not some sort of political motivation, because that would be entirely contrary to what he seems to stand for, and it is in the past. I will further guess that bringing Roger on board to begin with may have been part of that older way of thinking. Finally, that act, of bringing in Roger, resulted in an unignorable flood of valid criticism that he’s listened to, and this is why Roger is gone.

By: Obstreperous Applesauce

Obstreperous Applesauce — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 21:05:31 +0000

Good, but hasn’t Silver historically been a little sketchy on AGW? Is he coming around or just dodging association with the Egregious Pielke?