affirmed. used to be an analyst could you not be convinced with “I for one of the universities out all the evidence?” here, before they moved inland to the man, a lot “According before the flood. It took brains of the evidence was contrived by and work ethic; it sure didn’t take people who had their own being a mechanic, if I’d known…” motives. He said a bunch of them Joe trailed off. were liberals who hate As they reached the house, Americans.” Geoff continued Geoff heard the radio, one of the defensively those folk who “and last games of the baseball season. got caught faking data really The Des Moines Yankees were helped convince me that he was getting beat handily by the right. It made all those scientists Omaha Red Sox. who said we were going to the Yanks get any better Climatological Hell sound like a “Did since July?“ Geoff asked. bunch of ivory tower snobs who “they were in pretty bad shape then if I wouldn’t mind lying to prove their remember correctly.” point.” Geoff remembered that a are.” Joe said. lot of other people had felt the haven’t played worth a same way, a feeling of resentment “Yankees damn since they moved from New for the egg-head types. At the York. One more thing we lost end, it was pretty much done as with the tide. That old man far as any reforms were Kochrander sure was foolish when concerned. he said that climate change was a it’s not like we made it “Well, hoax.” up, we just smoothed out the worked for the guy for five trends, got rid of the extraneous “I years. He sounded pretty data and outliers, tried to simplify convincing, like he knew the things.” Joe retorted. boss ”Your arguments.” just blew it all out of proportion.” all the scientists saying Geoff snorted. “With “Yeah,” “you the climate was changing” Joe just explained away every asked with incredulity. observation that didn’t fit your “How
affirmed. “I used to be an analyst for one of the universities out here, before they moved inland before the flood. It took brains and work ethic; it sure didn’t take being a mechanic, if I’d known…” Joe trailed off. As they reached the house, Geoff heard the radio, one of the last games of the baseball season. The Des Moines Yankees were getting beat handily by the Omaha Red Sox. “Did the Yanks get any better since July?“ Geoff asked. “they were in pretty bad shape then if I remember correctly.” are.” Joe said. “Yankees haven’t played worth a damn since they moved from New York. One more thing we lost with the tide. That old man Kochrander sure was foolish when he said that climate change was a hoax.” “I worked for the guy for five years. He sounded pretty convincing, like he knew the arguments.” “With all the scientists saying the climate was changing” Joe asked with incredulity. “How could you not be convinced with all the evidence?” “According to the man, a lot of the evidence was contrived by people who had their own motives. He said a bunch of them were liberals who hate Americans.” Geoff continued defensively “and those folk who got caught faking data really helped convince me that he was right. It made all those scientists who said we were going to Climatological Hell sound like a bunch of ivory tower snobs who wouldn’t mind lying to prove their point.” Geoff remembered that a lot of other people had felt the same way, a feeling of resentment for the egg-head types. At the end, it was pretty much done as far as any reforms were concerned. “Well, it’s not like we made it up, we just smoothed out the trends, got rid of the extraneous data and outliers, tried to simplify things.” Joe retorted. ”Your boss just blew it all out of proportion.” “Yeah,” Geoff snorted. “you just explained away every observation that didn’t fit your
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