The House Of Cards Continues To Wobble -- May 22, 2015

Regarding global warming, check all that apply:

__ a scam
__ data misread, an honest mistake
__ subject is closed
__ all the above

One of the lead authors of the UN global warming study was:

__ Lloyd Algore
__ Lloyd Bridges
__ Philip Lloyd
__ Christopher Lloyd

Over the last century the earth has warmed:

__ 85 degrees
__ 8.5 degrees
__ 0.85 degrees
__ 0.085 degrees

Standard deviation of earth's temperature, over last 8,000 years, is:

__ 98 degrees
__ 9.8 degrees
__ 0.98 degrees
__ 0.098 degrees

End of quiz. Check your answers based on the linked article below. No cheating.

The Daily Caller is reporting:

The standard deviation of the temperature over the last 8,000 years was about 0.98 degrees Celsius– higher than the 0.85 degrees climate scientists say the world has warmed over the last century.

The basis of that finding:

Dr. Philip Lloyd, a South Africa-based physicist and climate researcher, examined ice core-based temperature data going back 8,000 years to gain perspective on the magnitude of global temperature changes over the 20th Century.

Dr. Philip Lloyd was one of the lead authors of a former Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change (IPCC).

Much more at the linked article.

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Fudging

We used to do this in college when our results did not turn out as expected; we put in some "fudge" factors.

It looks like Janet Yellen is getting ready to do the same. She needs better numbers to justify raising the discount rate.

It kind of makes you wonder, doesn't it? Where it will all end?

Twist in My Sobriety, Tanita Tikaram
Don't let me be misunderstood. If the numbers are "better," it should only help the investor.

Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, The Animals