-- by Horatio Algeranon
Models are worthless
As worthless can be --
Especially when based
On the growth of a tree.
The Bristlecones are used for dating purposes (though usually not online) and are sometimes (not always) used as "proxys" for ancient temperatures, which is what gets the pseudos into such a tizzy.
And no, the "hockey stick" temperature reconstruction does not simply "go away" if you exclude the Bristlecone (and other) tree rings from the analysis, much to the chagrin of the pseudos.
Or so believe many pseudo-skeptics of global warming, at any rate.
The Bristlecones are used for dating purposes (though usually not online) and are sometimes (not always) used as "proxys" for ancient temperatures, which is what gets the pseudos into such a tizzy.
And no, the "hockey stick" temperature reconstruction does not simply "go away" if you exclude the Bristlecone (and other) tree rings from the analysis, much to the chagrin of the pseudos.
