Curry the Apostate

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By Keith Kloor
Oct 26, 2010 11:42 PMNov 20, 2019 4:42 AM

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To fully understand the enduring Judith Curry Phenomenon, you have to appreciate the power of a storyline that is not much discussed: Curry as climate apostate. I realized this last year, after seeing some of the incredulous response to my first Q &A with Curry, which is why I immediately followed up in a second Q & A, asking her to explain why people such as Joe Romm felt like she was no longer the Judith Curry he thought he knew. (A third and final Q & A, trying to make sense of all the criticism of her prompted by the first two interviews, shortly followed.) The latest blogstorm involving Curry is triggered by this Scientific American article by Michael Lemonick, who explores "two competing" storylines: whether Curry is a well-intentioned peacemaker in the climate wars or a "dupe" of climate skeptics. Understandably, the focus was on climate science issues; after all, the piece appeared in Scientific American. And this emphasis is reinforced by Lemonick's ending:

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