That's the way I read it...
I don’t ever use straw man arguments. I’m not that good at debate.
No, that is not what Dyson said. You've posited a straw man arguement. Dyson actually says "It is much easier for a scientist to sit in an air-conditioned building and run computer models, than to put on winter clothes and measure what is really happening outside in the swamps and the clouds. That is why the climate model experts end up believing their own models."
That’s nuts.
Back in the 50’s or 60’s in may have been a good idea for a weather forecaster to go outdoors and sling a wet/dry bulb around but that was last century. These days climate forecasting is a numbers game and only a computer can even come close to the task. These are it’s the most demanding task that can be asked of the best and fastest computers in the world and only a world class software model can even approach the solution to climate problems.
Dyson is from the wrong side of the new millennium.