tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post4665076994502563956..comments2024-03-25T05:30:23.847+11:00Comments on HotWhopper: The negative bias of Anthony Watts, Hockey Sticks and the Dunning Kruger EffectSouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-8646610378684613332013-08-17T02:06:45.155+10:002013-08-17T02:06:45.155+10:00I have to say, this one from micky is really about...I have to say, this one from <a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/08/16/oh-mann-paper-demonstrates-that-tree-ring-proxy-temperature-data-is-seriously-compromised/#comment-1391748" rel="nofollow">micky</a> is really about the dumbest thing I have read in a while about dendrochronology:<br /><br /><i><br />So to summarize it appears the volume of the tree ring might be a more useful measure than the width<br /></i><br /><br />That pretty much summarizes WUWT in just a few words....Rattus Norvegicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03449457204330125792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-74029988784310811332013-08-16T23:02:51.109+10:002013-08-16T23:02:51.109+10:00Either AW and his mods knew these facts ... Wonder...<i>Either AW and his mods knew these facts ... Wonder which it is?</i><br /><br />Oh that one's easy. Anthony is innumerate going by his articles of the past (and this one). And I doubt he'd know Yamal if he went there himself. He doesn't have a clue, but he doesn't care. He'll pick up any old stick to beat up what he thinks is a good story.<br /><br />Not all his readers are as innumerate or illiterate (though many are even worse). Thing is, few would dare to question Anthony or tell him he's wrong, because he reacts so badly to criticism. Instead they laugh at him behind his back.<br /><br />Just in case someone does say something to him and he decides to "disappear" his gaffe, I did webcite it for posterity. I suspect it's too subtle for him and he wouldn't understand even if someone were to try to explain it to him.Souhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-10096637202825086792013-08-16T22:48:51.810+10:002013-08-16T22:48:51.810+10:00Loved this from J Philip Peterson.
J. Philip Pete...Loved this from J Philip Peterson.<br /><br /><i>J. Philip Peterson says: <br />August 16, 2013 at 4:45 am <br />Unless I missed something, I scanned the paper and saw no reference to Yamal YAD061:<br />http://wattsupwiththat.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/briffa_single_tree_yad061.png<br />There are lots of complicated, fancy formulas, which are way over my head, but isn’t the crux of the matter (the Mann hockey stick) – is that it is based on this one tree?<br />Am I missing something here?</i><br /><br />Yeah, J Philip. Like the fact that MBH98/99 were multi-proxy studies, the hockey stick is there if you use hundreds of trees or none, and the Yamal series played no part in Mann's groundbreaking 'Hockey Stick' papers (Would have been difficult, as Yamal wasn't published until several years later).<br /><br />Either AW and his mods knew these facts and are happy for commenters to post crap, or they did not, showing no grasp even of the basics, despite running a 'science' site. Wonder which it is?Phil Clarkenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-55657735676663092722013-08-16T21:48:05.597+10:002013-08-16T21:48:05.597+10:00Despite the fact that its undoubtedly a fascinatin...<i>Despite the fact that its undoubtedly a fascinating field, dendrochronology is a very specialised area in which I haven't the slightest bit of expertise.</i><br /><br />I thought <i>everyone</i> was an expert in dendrochronology. At least that's what it seems like from blog discussions about the HS.andrew adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17196332706764660436noreply@blogger.com