The Hockey Stick Illusion
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The Hockey Stick Illusion is a controversial book by statistician Steve McIntyre and writer Andrew Montford that critiques the methods and conclusions behind the famous “hockey stick” graph of historical global temperatures used in climate science.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Hockey Stick Illusion Context triple: [An Appeal to Reason: A Cool Look at Global Warming, relatedWork, The Hockey Stick Illusion]
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The Greatest Hoax: How the Global Warming Conspiracy Threatens Your Future
"The Greatest Hoax: How the Global Warming Conspiracy Threatens Your Future" is a book by U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe arguing that mainstream climate change science is fraudulent and politically motivated.
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The Challenge of Facts
"The Challenge of Facts" is an influential essay by American sociologist and classical liberal thinker William Graham Sumner that critiques moralistic interference in social and economic processes and defends empirical, scientific analysis of society.
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An Appeal to Reason: A Cool Look at Global Warming
"An Appeal to Reason: A Cool Look at Global Warming" is a book by Nigel Lawson that presents a skeptical, economically focused critique of mainstream climate change policies and alarmism.
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Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment
"Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment" is a non-fiction book that examines the often-overlooked variability and inconsistency in human decision-making and offers strategies to reduce such errors in fields like law, medicine, and business.
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Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science
Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science is a classic skeptical book by Martin Gardner that critically examines pseudoscience, fringe theories, and popular scientific misconceptions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Hockey Stick Illusion Target entity description: The Hockey Stick Illusion is a controversial book by statistician Steve McIntyre and writer Andrew Montford that critiques the methods and conclusions behind the famous “hockey stick” graph of historical global temperatures used in climate science.
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A.
The Greatest Hoax: How the Global Warming Conspiracy Threatens Your Future
"The Greatest Hoax: How the Global Warming Conspiracy Threatens Your Future" is a book by U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe arguing that mainstream climate change science is fraudulent and politically motivated.
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B.
The Challenge of Facts
"The Challenge of Facts" is an influential essay by American sociologist and classical liberal thinker William Graham Sumner that critiques moralistic interference in social and economic processes and defends empirical, scientific analysis of society.
-
C.
An Appeal to Reason: A Cool Look at Global Warming
"An Appeal to Reason: A Cool Look at Global Warming" is a book by Nigel Lawson that presents a skeptical, economically focused critique of mainstream climate change policies and alarmism.
-
D.
Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment
"Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment" is a non-fiction book that examines the often-overlooked variability and inconsistency in human decision-making and offers strategies to reduce such errors in fields like law, medicine, and business.
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E.
Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science
Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science is a classic skeptical book by Martin Gardner that critically examines pseudoscience, fringe theories, and popular scientific misconceptions.
- F. None of above. chosen
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