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Re: Mother Nature may have the last word
Author: Banana Slug Zephyr
Date: 12-06-2011 - 19:05
dxjxc Wrote:
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> There is great controversy in the science world
> over all of that. Fact is - contrary to what the
> media or public educators would have us believe;
> science is not a monolithic entity - not even
> close. It is indeed as fractured, as is the
> religious world. And yes - many in either world
> don't really "know" the real "truth" of anything.
>
> Contrary to media reporting, there is in fact - no
> such thing as "scientific consensus" on anything.
> It's impossible! So when someone (usually a
> politician or a pundit) claims a "consensus", it
> should trigger everyone's BS alarms loudly!
> Scientific "fact", to the extent there even is
> such a thing, comes by well controlled repeatable
> experiments - NOT by opinions, nor by status of
> the speaker, nor by voting on it - just by many
> scientists repeating experiments over and over.
>
As I said before, there is no consensus among scientists about climate change. There is general agreement among climatologists about climate change.
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>
> There is great controversy in the science world
> over all of that. Fact is - contrary to what the
> media or public educators would have us believe;
> science is not a monolithic entity - not even
> close. It is indeed as fractured, as is the
> religious world. And yes - many in either world
> don't really "know" the real "truth" of anything.
>
> Contrary to media reporting, there is in fact - no
> such thing as "scientific consensus" on anything.
> It's impossible! So when someone (usually a
> politician or a pundit) claims a "consensus", it
> should trigger everyone's BS alarms loudly!
> Scientific "fact", to the extent there even is
> such a thing, comes by well controlled repeatable
> experiments - NOT by opinions, nor by status of
> the speaker, nor by voting on it - just by many
> scientists repeating experiments over and over.
>
As I said before, there is no consensus among scientists about climate change. There is general agreement among climatologists about climate change.
