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"Without liberty, law loses its nature and its name, and becomes oppression. Without law, liberty also loses its nature and its name, and becomes licentiousness." — James Wilson (1790)

But how do we actually know, and how much do we actually know, about historic and prehistoric temperatures? In this Climate Discussion Nexus "Backgrounder" video John Robson examines the uses, and abuses, of various temperature proxies.

By Andy May Many viewers of Climate: The Movie have asked for more information on the topics discussed. In response, I selected the following 70 key statements from the movie and provide references and context for the statements here. Sometimes the statements are slightly paraphrased from what was said for brevity. The statements are listed…

The OIG confirmed Penn State's result that Michael Mann was not guilty of research misconduct. So where are all Mann's critics admitting they were wrong about him?

In newly released emails from a 2020 deposition, Michael Mann contacted and directed a journal's editor to assign a paper to hostile reviewers.

For the second time in two weeks, an investigation has found that there was neither a conspiracy to deceive the public nor any scientific misconduct present in the scientific research of the scientists of the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia (UEA). These scientists were at the center of the controversy…

“I apologize for writing such a long letter, but I didn’t have time to write a short one.” – Mark Twain

Nobody’s honest. Scientists are not honest. And people usually believe that they are. That makes it worse. By honest I don’t mean that you only tell what’s true. But you make clear the entire situation. You make clear all the information that is required for somebody else who is intelligent to make up their mind.

Doubt is clearly a value in the sciences. Whether it is in other fields is an open question and an uncertain matter.” “…it is very important to doubt and that doubt is not a fearful thing, but a thing of very great value.

John Stossel interviewed climate scientist Judith Curry of "more intense hurricanes" fame. She concluded from her research that Cat 4 and 5 hurricanes were worsening. She later refuted her own work, but climate alarmists jumped on her original findings. When some scientists pointed to erro