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Re:Why I decided not to enter the $100k global warming time-... by jessaustin on Saturday December 12, 2015 @04:36PM (#10724258)
That's a fair synopsis of the paragraph, but that understanding only supports "Keenan's point". If "parameter fiddling" is out of bounds, we're back to the drawing board for more climate models.
Re:Why I decided not to enter the $100k global warming time-... by andrewprock on Saturday December 12, 2015 @08:16PM (#10724976)
Conflating "climate model" with "parameter fiddling" seems like the more significant logical failure.
Re:Why I decided not to enter the $100k global warming time-... by jessaustin on Saturday December 12, 2015 @08:51PM (#10725080)
The first link when one googles "climate model parameter":

https://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg1/en/ch8s8-1...

Re:Why I decided not to enter the $100k global warming time-... by andrewprock on Saturday December 12, 2015 @10:34PM (#10725312)
Nice non-sequitur.