On Dec 25, 6:06*pm, T8 wrote:
The way I look at it, the burden of proof is on the researcher to
prove the theory which upsets the status quo, in this case AGW.

That used to be the case a generation ago, but now AGW *is*
the status quo. Time moves on, and now it is up to the AGW
skeptics to prove their case.

However, I believe that burden also includes providing every
opportunity for his skeptics to prove him wrong by checking his
assumptions, raw data, reasoning, models, results and conclusions.
These responsibilities are amplified by the rush to public policy and
the extreme costs of such policy.

Where have you been for the past ~30 years? How long is required for
it not be be a "rush"!?


Because I am after truth, I am deeply suspicious of those who claim to
have found "truth" who are clearly on board with the political agenda
that follows and snipped

The "other side" could mutate "political agenda" into "commercial
agenda" and use it as a weapon against the AGW skeptics.