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JC in transition | Climate Etc.
Once you detach from the academic mindset, publishing on the internet makes much more sense, and the peer review you can get on a technical blog is much more extensive. But peer review is not really the point; provoking people to think in new ways about something is really the point. In other words, science as process, rather than a collection of decreed ‘truths.’
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WOW, so impressed on O'Reilly and Climate Etc.. What you say of academia lacking scientific method and integrity is true throughout system these days; "educating students to be able to think and cope in the real world, and in expanding the frontiers of knowledge in a meaningful way". Will follow you on twitter. Congrats...Jerry
Things don't change. 50 years ago I chief of NASA Houston's Space Physics Division, responsible for protection of the astronauts from space radiation. First, fission electrons from the Air Force's Project Starfish nuclear explosion at 200 miles altitude produced an artificial Van Allen belt at the altitude of Scott Carpenter's upcoming MA-9 flight. There was a clamor, mostly by people opposed to the manned space program, to cancel the flight. I showed the interaction of the electrons with the atmosphere would reduce their energy to effectively remove the artificial belt. The President's Scientific Advisory Committee (PSAT) agreed and Carpenter flew with no problems. This was before Nixon abolished PSAT. Then solar flare particle events would kill the Apollo astronauts. We installed a 24/7 system of solar optical and radio telescopes to provide warnings of such events. In the event, the Apollo missions were flown in a quiet solar cycle, projections notwithstanding. The major use of the solar watch was to fight off scientists with political influence trying to stop the Apollo missions.
Keep up the good work.
I am a meteorologist with 17 years of forecasting under my belt and I would dare offer an opinion based on all the modeling I have made or used. Any "day to climate" scenario , while very interesting to explore, will offer monumental challenges at the transition of scale, both temporal and geographical.
The complexities associated whether with the mathematical modelling or the processes themselves will offer valuable epistemological clues and indeed, deep philosophical insights regarding the application of science and most important, the limits of science itself. One doesn't need to deal in stories about "dark matter" or the magic of the "teleconnection patterns" to understand the limits of science as well as the transcendent aspect of science.
In this matter it's the road that matters much more than the final result as an application. In the end.. science is just another language.
Congratulations for having the courage to keep your scientific and moral integrity.
I will follow your work with utmost interest. In the end.. science, like most things, is non-linear and unexpected results come from unexpected corners. A continuous play of inspiration and revelation.
All the best to you !
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