Re:USA Temperature: can I sucker you?
by flukus on Sunday August 12, 2018 @08:40PM
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> lofty claims of certainty based on computer models that can’t be effectively tested with out-of-sample data
Models can be tested against history.
> argument relying on “consensus” of the scientific “community”
I doesn't rely on consensus, this is just a tool to show the extent of the certainty. Not sure why you feel the need to put consensus or community in quotes.
> unseemly behaviour of said community revealed in “climategate” emails
This is the ultimate exercise in cherry picking, there was one slightly nefarious sounding phrase in thousands of emails and you act like this negates a entire field of science.
> rebranding if the language from “global warming” to “climate change”
When exactly do you think this "rebranding" happened?
Models can be tested against history.
> argument relying on “consensus” of the scientific “community”
I doesn't rely on consensus, this is just a tool to show the extent of the certainty. Not sure why you feel the need to put consensus or community in quotes.
> unseemly behaviour of said community revealed in “climategate” emails
This is the ultimate exercise in cherry picking, there was one slightly nefarious sounding phrase in thousands of emails and you act like this negates a entire field of science.
> rebranding if the language from “global warming” to “climate change”
When exactly do you think this "rebranding" happened?