Prof. Judith Curry says Hansen has ‘rigged the dice’: ‘Much is being made of Hansen’s ‘loaded dice’ as a metaphor for the changing climate. I think we should be talking about ‘fuzzy dice’
Curry: 'For Hansen to draw the conclusion he did from his analysis (even assuming that it was statistically robust), he needs to assume he has 'rigged the dice' with an unsupported assumption. I.e. our old friend circular reasoning'