I grew up with the scientific method – a formalized system of deliberate skepticism that allowed one to question everything, from assumptions and methodology to the findings and conclusions. But that was then and now is now.

It appears that the tenets of liberal science are simple.

Tailor your research to maximize funding and media recognition opportunities.

Ignore the limitations of your field of specialization and feel free to opine on any subject using your “scientist” credentials to lend credibility and gravitas to your blathering.

Forget questions about correlation and causation as you perform statistical tests and use the artifacts of mathematics to claim two-decimal-point precision.

Being featured in the New York Times is the liberal equivalent of being published in a well-regarded peer-reviewed science journal. Your research must have a catchy hook and an backronym, if possible, an acronym deliberately created from a media-friendly phrase whose initial letters spell out your chosen world. If you are having trouble with backronyms, you may wish to seek guidance from the politicians whose legislation often is built around backronyms.

Worthy of consideration by the United Nations IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change_

Liberal bullpucky …

I wonder if the author of this “wonderful” paper controlled for progressive politics.

You know, the politics of race and oppression that demand that criminals be incarcerated only up to the point where the percentage of those in custody match their minority’s percentage population representation in the general population.

You know, the politics of liberalism where any theft under $950 merits a ticket, not a swift ride to jail. Where, bail is not required and expedited revolving-door processing puts criminals back in the community with only a six-hour delay.

You know, the politics of liberalism and ignoring the enforcement of existing laws, especially those relating to illegal aliens and an influx of foreign criminals.

You know, the politics of progressive political promotion, where prosecutors would rather plea-bargain away serious gun-related charges in order to obtain a guaranteed conviction on a lesser crime.

You know, criminalizing the self-defense behavior of law-abiding citizens who want to protect themselves from the thugs who roam the community.

Perhaps, we should study the relationship between feeding the union-driven criminal justice system and the deliberate creation and tolerance for crime.

I also wonder if the system of crime measuring is as flawed as the government’s system of measuring temperature using ground stations?

Bottom line…

Once again, we find researchers attempting to find exploitable patterns in the natural variability of climate change.

If you look closely, you will find today’s scientists increasingly concentrating their efforts on narrow, but exploitable niches. Or, in other words, as they concentrate, their focus on less and less until they know everything about nothing. And, of course, can extrapolate their limited local findings into global significance.

De-politicize crime and remove criminals from the streets – and climate will means nothing.

We are so screwed.

-- steve