The key issue for Lewandowsky et al 2012 is its use of fake data, a problem squarely addressed by Tom Curtis of Skeptical Science and discussed at CA here.

I raised this issue in a comment at Lewandowsky’s blog here as follows:

Rather than answer the question, Lewandowsky, the author of a paper entitled “NASA faked the moon landing|Therefore (Climate) Science is a Hoax: An Anatomy of the Motivated Rejection of Science”, deleted the question:

The invoked policy of the blog states:

No profanity or inflammatory tone. Again, constructive discussion is difficult when overheated rhetoric or profanity is flying around

My comment did not contain “profanity or inflammatory tone”. It was a direct question about Lewandowsky’s use of fake data.

He should answer the question, not avoid.

UPDATE: I followed up as follows:



Comment didnt last long.





