Quote:31,000 people is a significant result. These are just the ones who were willing to take the time to sign the petition. When the media quotes the 97% consensus number, do you know how many 'scientists' that was from? It was 75 of 77, and limited to the true believers. The questionaire started out asking 10,000 scientists their opinions and then the researchers culled it down to 77 to get the answer they wanted. This is what climastrology is.


 

Flawed? I've been part of the peer review process. Most of the peer review criticisms are that so-and-so paper was not listed as one of the references. Peer reviewers do not check the science unless there is some blatant error. They never check the math.