I remember one of my grad school professors explaining to us that when he evaluated NSF grant applications he could tell the quality by looking at the list of proposers and seeing if he knew them or their advisers.
Gaming data is a whole 'nother kettle of fish.
Which of those this represents is unclear to me, but if Nomad says it smells fishy, then I'm prepared to hear him out.
- Jake If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.
I guess it's time for that. Patience...
The whole affair is a pretty nasty blow in terms of PR and perceptions - unfortunately what the warmist side of this controversy have failed to understand (apart from a few people like Brad DeLong) is that they are in a memetic war.
The warmists may have won in the science, but they are being rope-a-doped by the Moranos of this world.
Regards Luke -- #include witty_sig.h