Tom Nelson Joe Duarte: “On Cook’s “97%” fraud” | Tom Nelson Pod #309
First-gen American of Mexican descent.
PhD in Social Psychology.
Reason, truth, Rostand, marksmanship, and Kate McKinnon.
I stand with – and in – the rain.
The discussion between Tom and Joe Duarte centers around Joe's criticism of the widely cited statistic that 97% of scientists agree on human-caused global warming. Joe argues that the study supporting this claim was fundamentally flawed and fraudulent, relying on a methodologically unsound review of abstracts by biased, non-expert individuals. He emphasizes the widespread dissemination and acceptance of this flawed study as evidence of institutional failure in academia and the media.
00:00 Introduction to Joe Duarte and Climate Consensus
00:25 The Politicization of Science
02:39 The 97% Climate Consensus Claim
06:03 Flaws in the Consensus Methodology
09:41 Irrelevant Papers in the Consensus
17:22 Systematic Failures and Misinterpretations
27:31 Critique of Paper Counting Methods
28:12 Attempts to Retract the Paper
29:15 Daniel Camon's Political Bias
30:33 The Impeach Letter Incident
32:48 Inappropriate Journal for Consensus Study
35:26 Possibility of Retraction
41:34 Scientific Fraud Allegations
48:55 Impact on Academic Integrity
53:20 Closing Remarks and Resources
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