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The IDL Graph

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Adam Gordon Bell

April 2nd

Hey!

I have a new podcast episode out about this graph:

I know that doesn't sound exciting, but it actually is!

​https://corecursive.com/briffa-sep98-e/​

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That is a famous climate change graph that caused a lot of controversy, with newspapers and news shows accusing scientists of fraud and deception.

While scientists claimed they were victims of a targeted attack.

I got a little obsessed with what actually happened. It happened 15 years ago, but the code is still out there, so I spent some time going deep into it, and finding out what really went down.

Was Climategate evidence of scientific fraud, or was it something else entirely? To answer this, we’re gonna take some detours. We’ll explore strange files with cryptic names, decipher obscure programming languages like IDL, venture into unrelated scandals like the Alzheimer’s research scandal.
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And at times, it might feel like I’m getting lost in the details, but trust me, we’re always chasing the same goal: uncovering exactly what happened in Climategate, because I think it matters. I think we live in a world where science itself is increasingly under attack. Where misinformation spreads faster than actual explanations, and where trust in experts is super, super fragile.
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So no matter what we uncover, the act of careful investigation itself is an essential skill. It will help us figure out what and who to trust in a moment when it feels like the stakes on the truth have never been higher.

You should give it a listen.
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