tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12349577.post4426060809850439399..comments2023-11-02T09:19:52.430-04:00Comments on Purple Avenger: The climate model "priesthood" gatekeepersPurple Avengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11994076252416384045noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12349577.post-84868973807563308362007-02-05T14:05:00.000-04:002007-02-05T14:05:00.000-04:00Modeling results are only as good as the tools and...Modeling results are only as good as the tools and programming techniques used to produce them.<br /><br />I'm not a climatologist. I am however a damn good computer geek who can tell if certain abuses of tool capabilities are happening.<br /><br />Of course, tool misuse doesn't necessarily imply results are bogus, it raises the possibility. It is however an indication that there needs to be further investigation into the construction of the models and their results before we should be betting trillions of dollars on them.Purple Avengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11994076252416384045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12349577.post-88667629642478761812007-02-05T10:39:00.000-04:002007-02-05T10:39:00.000-04:00Oh! What an interesting idea! Wouldn't have occurr...Oh! What an interesting idea! Wouldn't have occurred to me to ask for the sources. I'm not programmer enough to try it myself, but I've dealt with NOAA in the past and they seemed pretty straight.<br /><br />I'll be interested to read how that turns out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com