I'd like to read a scientific
study or two every week,
but many are not free.
I retired in
January 2005,
at age 51, giving up
a stressful white
collar job,
to become
a professional
lazy bum,
... and mandatory
cheapskate.
So I'd be upset
if I had purchased
any scientific study
that provided nothing
of value.
First of all, roughly
half of study results
can't be replicated !
A 'slight' problem !
And most of the
climate "studies"
are nothing more
than wild guesses
of the future climate.
Always bad news
coming, it seems !
You'd have to wait
many decades,
or even a century,
to find out
if the predictions
were right.
They are rarely right.
We've been hearing these
climate related predictions
since the 1970's -- long
enough to realize their
batting average is near
zero.
I don't see wild guess,
long term predictions
as real science studies.
Ignoring that
HUGE problem
for now, three types
of studies that
annoy me the most
( three examples follow
in the next three posts,
(A), (B), and (C) ):
(A)
A study that claims
the predictions
are right, even if
they don't match
the subsequent
measurements.
(B)
A study that states
the obvious.
(C)
A study that
agrees with
so many similar
past studies,
that it adds little
to anyone's
knowledge.