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Comment It seems like quite a stretch to be worried over.. (Score 1) 445

The reason for worry is that these same models have successfully projected global warming for a half century.

Even if that statement is true, is it not obvious that half a century of confirmation is an incredibly narrow window of time for a global model to be considered reliable in the long term? Wouldn't it take many thousands of years of correct predictions from measured data before an anomaly is something to worry over?

Comment Re:It's science! (Score 1) 260

Agreed. Is the physical world really objectively observable? I think not. Even a million in consensus can be wrong by the smallest and most basic oversights, but we would be blessed if it not be scientists who do such a thing.

For science the fact that observations don't agree means there is progress. Isn't it true that consensus is the "Achilles heel" of scientific progress?

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