Sunday, December 13, 2009

Interview With The Devil

At least Matematica is not Mord.... not yet at least

"Until 2003, nothing in McIntyre’s life suggested that he would assume a central role in one of history’s great scientific debates—yet that life, in retrospect, seems to have been equipping him for the role. The son of a surgeon, McIntyre had an impressive record of performance in math competitions as a young student attending the University of Toronto Schools. He is still proud of having once beaten older classmate Michael Spence—“he was a bit of a hero of mine”—who would eventually snag the Nobel memorial prize in economics (2001). McIntyre went on to obtain a math degree at the University of Toronto"

"The world of mining is one in which everyone is constantly aware of how engineering results can be tampered with or misrepresented to rip off investors. And in 2003, when McIntyre first saw the hockey stick graph, it reminded him uncomfortably of some stock promoter’s over-optimistic revenue projection."

2 comments:

Tecumseh said...

He refuses to make grand categorical statements of the “Global warming is just commie horse puckey” type. It isn't?

Arelcao Akleos said...

He has to leave something for FCP. After all, we do have a certain forte.