Comments on: Published Research Synopsis: Global Warming Induced Water-Shortages http://www.anthonares.net/2005/11/published-research-synopsis-global.html Chronicling and Commenting on Human Progress Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:39:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Anthony Kendall http://www.anthonares.net/2005/11/published-research-synopsis-global.html#comment-39 Anthony Kendall Tue, 22 Nov 2005 13:12:00 +0000 http://www.anthonares.net/2005/11/published-research-synopsis-global.html#comment-39 Bruce, I agree totally with calling it Quixotic, in fact I think that adjective applies to much that I do! I'm not yet sure of the real value of doing these weekly Synopses, but it's something I've wanted to do for a long time, so I think it's worthwhile. Part of my purpose in writing this blog is to aid my own abilities in communicating science to non-scientists. So, if this does nothing else except to share a few interesting papers and make me a better communicator in the process, then perhaps it's been successful. There is a bit of an agenda here, too. I've recognized the fact that the Intelligent Design people having "peer-reviewed journal articles" is an important card for them to play. This is something that lends credibility to their cause disproportionately in the eyes of the general public. I'm hoping to demistify the whole peer-review process to reveal the more human side of it as well. Perhaps I will choose a few papers whos results have either been discredited or are suspect in order to make this point more forcefully. Bruce,
I agree totally with calling it Quixotic, in fact I think that adjective applies to much that I do! I’m not yet sure of the real value of doing these weekly Synopses, but it’s something I’ve wanted to do for a long time, so I think it’s worthwhile. Part of my purpose in writing this blog is to aid my own abilities in communicating science to non-scientists. So, if this does nothing else except to share a few interesting papers and make me a better communicator in the process, then perhaps it’s been successful.

There is a bit of an agenda here, too. I’ve recognized the fact that the Intelligent Design people having “peer-reviewed journal articles” is an important card for them to play. This is something that lends credibility to their cause disproportionately in the eyes of the general public. I’m hoping to demistify the whole peer-review process to reveal the more human side of it as well. Perhaps I will choose a few papers whos results have either been discredited or are suspect in order to make this point more forcefully.

]]> By: FlyingSinger http://www.anthonares.net/2005/11/published-research-synopsis-global.html#comment-38 FlyingSinger Tue, 22 Nov 2005 12:26:00 +0000 http://www.anthonares.net/2005/11/published-research-synopsis-global.html#comment-38 An interesting approach, to connect some "high level" observables that are not buried so deeply in a complex climate model and lead to important results that are (I hope) hard to deny. Thanks for pointing out the article and "translating" it. With the huge flood of technical literature in the world, it may be Quixotic to say "I will choose one peer-reviewed article each week and summarize it for my readers to put them in closer touch with the scientific process and with some important and minimally filtered results." But I think it is worthwhile, in part as an example of the possibility and value of doing this. -Bruce An interesting approach, to connect some “high level” observables that are not buried so deeply in a complex climate model and lead to important results that are (I hope) hard to deny. Thanks for pointing out the article and “translating” it.

With the huge flood of technical literature in the world, it may be Quixotic to say “I will choose one peer-reviewed article each week and summarize it for my readers to put them in closer touch with the scientific process and with some important and minimally filtered results.” But I think it is worthwhile, in part as an example of the possibility and value of doing this.

-Bruce

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