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Re:Scientists want to create ‘red teams’ to challenge climat... by phkahler on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @02:24PM (#13989135)
I shows that there is not actually a consensus like we've been told.
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Re:Scientists want to create ‘red teams’ to challenge climat... by KingMob on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @02:33PM (#13989208)
Consensus in the literal sense of 100% agreement? Correct.

But there is consensus in the everyday sense in that 99%+ of climate scientists agree climate change is real.

Latching onto the idea that lack of perfect consensus means anything is pointless. There are people who believe Earth is flat, so technically there's no consensus on "round earth" theory either.

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Re:Scientists want to create ‘red teams’ to challenge climat... by sqeaky on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @02:44PM (#13989309)
From the same article:

> Indeed, studies have consistently found that the vast majority of scientists agree that the burning of fossil fuels is the main driver of climate change.

It seems clear to me this is a political maneuver and not obviously interested in the truth of reality.

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Re:Scientists want to create ‘red teams’ to challenge climat... by ceejayoz on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @02:29PM (#13989180)
No one ever argued the consensus was unanimous.

You can probably find a scientist or two who believes in the flat earth idea, but that doesn't mean there isn't a scientific consensus that the world is round.

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