tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post3783084772956930598..comments2024-03-19T07:10:27.303-07:00Comments on Quark Soup by David Appell: Maybe This Helps Explain the Marcott SwiftboatingDavid Appellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03318269033139447591noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-82973360436620692162013-04-03T20:37:54.579-07:002013-04-03T20:37:54.579-07:00The authors made claims that a combination of exis...The authors made claims that a combination of existing results support -- or are they supposed to pretend there is no other science but their own? <br /><br />If A is true and B is true, then naturally people are going to combine A and B.David Appellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03318269033139447591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837843.post-91574638236756929042013-04-03T19:16:08.581-07:002013-04-03T19:16:08.581-07:00David, there's nothing nefarious going on. Mar...David, there's nothing nefarious going on. Marcott, et al. is just a bad paper. In multiple, high profile press releases, the authors made claims they knew their data couldn't support. Steve McIntyre simply pointed that out. It's not "swiftboating", it's just checking someone else's work to see if it adds up. Anyone who reads more into it sounds paranoid, (and there seems to be a lot of paranoia going around).Louis Hooffstetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04513015772596843711noreply@blogger.com