http://www.climate-skeptic.com/2009/11/where-was-the-crus-outrage.html Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:03:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 http://www.climate-skeptic.com/2009/11/where-was-the-crus-outrage.html/comment-page-1#comment-6169 Eric Anderson Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:37:21 +0000 http://www.climate-skeptic.com/?p=1539#comment-6169 In the business world, a decent amount of time and energy is spent negotiating confidentiality clauses and, if you are the recipient of the confidential information in question, negotiating the confidentiality restrictions to be as minimal as possible so that you are not later hamstrung in what you can do with the information. Here, however, the emails suggest that they almost welcomed the restrictions. But even if that is not the case, I understand CRU already gave the lie to their confidentiality excuse in that they have released some of "confidential" data to scientists who have the appropriate viewpoints. In the business world, a decent amount of time and energy is spent negotiating confidentiality clauses and, if you are the recipient of the confidential information in question, negotiating the confidentiality restrictions to be as minimal as possible so that you are not later hamstrung in what you can do with the information. Here, however, the emails suggest that they almost welcomed the restrictions. But even if that is not the case, I understand CRU already gave the lie to their confidentiality excuse in that they have released some of “confidential” data to scientists who have the appropriate viewpoints.

]]> http://www.climate-skeptic.com/2009/11/where-was-the-crus-outrage.html/comment-page-1#comment-6167 ADiff Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:06:59 +0000 http://www.climate-skeptic.com/?p=1539#comment-6167 And all along there I was laboring under the misconception the whole point of the scientific method was for theories to actually be "picked apart", in interest of moving toward a more accurate understanding. These folks clearly view science as defense of the Faith against "deniers" of the Divine...er, I mean of Global Warming. Sorry! When it comes to the "Climate Change" crowd, 'truth' means what supports their 'position', true or not. Lysenko would have been right at home at the CRU! And all along there I was laboring under the misconception the whole point of the scientific method was for theories to actually be “picked apart”, in interest of moving toward a more accurate understanding. These folks clearly view science as defense of the Faith against “deniers” of the Divine…er, I mean of Global Warming. Sorry! When it comes to the “Climate Change” crowd, ‘truth’ means what supports their ‘position’, true or not. Lysenko would have been right at home at the CRU!

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