New Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) replies have exposed more misdeeds by Professor Edward Wegman and Yasmin Said at George Mason University (GMU), closely involved with the Kochs, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and many others known for attacks on climate science. This post reviews background and attaches FOIA files that unearthed evidence for:
-pervasive mis-use of Federal funds for inappropriate work,
-plagiarism or falsification in documents used to seek grants or credit,
-GMU violations of Federal...
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Anatomy of a Dupe
This post was up for under 5 minutes before it was taken down. I think Dan rather still hasn't acknowledged that he was duped.
Dan Rather?
Nice red herring Roy, we're talking about your blog, which is described on your site as: "Advancing Sound Science," and
"Contributors to Environment NC have advanced degrees and expertise in areas such as science, public policy, economics, and the law. We share a common belief that environmental and resource management policy too often lacks a basis in sound science or economics and simply serves to further the agenda of ideologues."
What this "hoax" shows is just how little convincing it takes for some to tout the real "junk science" -- organizations like yours are willing to ignore reams and reams of scientific evidence from organizations like NASA, and the American Academy of Science, yet any teeny, tiny shred of evidence fitting your ideology is instantly give the status of "blockbuster."
Sound science indeed.
Speaking of Red Herrings
Yes, they were "duped" -- for all of five minutes.
And since you are trying to make hay out of how little it takes to fool some people, you may want to examine your own beliefs. What you accuse Roy and anyone else who doesn't unquestioningly swallow your dogma of, can easily be applied to you -- in spades.
The difference, Rob, is that
The difference, Rob, is that you don't have the science on your side.
Five minutes...
And for those five minutes they took it, hook, line and sinker.
I love it!
Rob, you're all keyboard and no brains...
I've been having my own
I've been having my own little battle with Rob over the last few days, and I have come to the conclusion that he should be ignored wherever he pops up. Resist the urge, folks. Let him blether on. All that happens when we take the bait is that he gets air time.
Ok...
RIP Rob...
You can't seem to follow your own advice, FEMACK
I don't know how many times you've declared you think I should be ignored. No sooner do you make your empty resolution, whereupon at the first opportunity you immediatly post one of your witless comments in response to me.
Perhaps you should consider taking your own advice, though based on previous experience, I doubt that will happen any time soon.
Good advice Femack. I think
Good advice Femack. I think we'd all be better off ignoring him.
Let the folks who run the site address his more obvious attempts at disinformation, but the rest of us would do well to leave him alone.
All Together Now
DON'T FEED the TROLLS!
So they read it, wrote up
So they read it, wrote up their post, posted it, and unposted it all in the span of 5 minutes. Sure. Sure they did.
Keeping in mind that even if they did, 5 minutes is 5 minutes too long. This is a light switch thing, yes or no, fooled or not.
You're Clearly Going Overboard
It amazes me how much attention a blog post has drawn that was up for such a short period of time that the only way anyone could ever see it was through a cached google search. As the administrator of environmentnc.com, please allow me to be the first to endow with the shocking revelation that our contributors, like the science they debate, are not completely perfect and infallible beings 100% of the time, although our site's critics apparently are.
Anyone is free to leave comments on our site and debate the science as you like...so please do. I only ask that the discourse remain level-headed and avoid ad hominem attacks, as I do monitor the comments that are made.
You may also want to review my post on our site regarding this unfortunate (albeit overblown to illogical proportions) incident:
http://www.environmentnc.com/?p=318
The Benthic Bacteria Hoax
Wow, they're right up there with Rush Limbaugh.
http://www.historycommons.org/context.jsp?item=global_warming_tmln_167#global_warming_tmln_167
I particularly like how Limbaugh, as the "warnee", was able to get Dr. Roy Spencer, who warned him of the hoax, to apologize for not warning him forcefully enough.
Incidentally, in this post, the link for the JGS paper is broken. It can be found here:
http://www.globalwarminghoax.com/downloads/Journal_of_Geoclimatic_Studies_2007_23.pdf