[ RadSafe ] A Return to some fundamentals of scientific methods

[Maury]

The scientific methods are much more fundamental than the subject matter 
issues usually addressed by scientists within the specialized fields of 
science.  This article is not peculiar to  Radiation Safety or Risk 
Analysis.  But the issues discussed in this article are underlying 
fundamental elements of replication, experimental errors, and peer 
review for research in risk analysis, radiation safety, chemistry,. 
physics, and so on  These issues are especially relevant to the current 
controversies about anthropomorphic global warming (or whatever name the 
protagonists care to employ).

I believe that all concerned with an empirical science of climate would 
benefit from serious review of these principles and from renewed 
attempts to resolve these issues of understanding  how the world functions.
Best,
Maury&Dog  [MaurySiskel, maurysis at peoplepc.com]
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Posted: 20 Oct 2013 07:01 AM PDT
Climatologist Dr. Judith Curry: 'The amount of time and funding that has 
been wasted by using climate models for purposes for which that are 
unfit, may eventually be judged to be colossal"
http://tomnelson.blogspot.com/2013/10/curry-amount-of-time-and-funding-that.html 
Trust, and don't bother to verify | Climate Etc. There are many 
paleoclimate papers published in these papers that include dubious 
statistical methods and great [...]
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Dr. Curry treats this issue with considerable care in the full article 
at this link:

http://judithcurry.com/2013/10/18/trust-and-dont-bother-to-verify/