In spite of my less-than-complementary characterization of the hockey stick debate, Steve McIntyre has graciously agreed to provide his thoughts on “so what?”, characterizing it as a “fair question.” He has even opened up a discussion forum on his blog related to this “challenge”, and has already received much advice on how he might craft his reponse.

A couple members of the RealClimate team have weighed in with comments under my original post, and that is appreciated. But as yet, I’ve received no response to the “challenge.” I remain hopeful that one of the team will respond formally to the opportunity to answer the “so what?” question. Many of us are curious about the answer.

Stay tuned!