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So this was the one and only mistake on IPCC part? Even if I misunderstand IPCC process looks like they are not happy with it themselves: http://www.nature.com

• Robin_Message 16y ago
  You are disagreeing with an incidental comment that is not even the thrust of my argument on a FUD basis, but anyway. That article in Nature interviewed some people associated with the process who expressed not one jot of disbelief in the report. They wished the mistake hadn't happened, and had been caught sooner, and suggested ways to reduce mistakes in the future, but no-one thinks that mistake invalidates the report or the process. I'll say it differently — if that's the biggest mistake you can find in the IPCC report (and given how much hand-wringing and complaining about it there has been, it's highly likely it was the biggest mistake), then you either have to accept climate change is real, or find a bigger mistake. I really don't know why I'm arguing with you. Of course the IPCC regret the mistake. But they haven't all gone to commit seppuku over it. Refute the scientific basis report.
  • rimantas 16y ago
    I am not talking about beliefs there. The main point why discussion about the need of change started is this: > "To me the fundamental problem was that when the error > was found it was handled in a totally and utterly > atrocious manner<…>". IPCC is a political organization, not scientific.
    • astrange 16y ago
      Why are you discussing the author of the report and not its contents?
      • nailer 16y ago
        Because citations need to come from credible sources.