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Only 20% Think Debate About Global Warming Is Over
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Originally posted by John Reece View PostOnly in the minds of the closed-minded.
As in any scientific debate, a theory that makes better predictions will always trump one that makes worse predictions.
What do you have in mind?
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robertb seems to think there is just one model of the overall atmosphere temperature that makes just one prediction. Not so. Dozens of models, a great range of predictions. Moreover, most of them are failing so far.The greater number of laws . . . , the more thieves . . . there will be. ---- Lao-Tzu
[T]he truth I’m after and the truth never harmed anyone. What harms us is to persist in self-deceit and ignorance -— Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
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Originally posted by Truthseeker View Postrobertb seems to think there is just one model of the overall atmosphere temperature that makes just one prediction. Not so. Dozens of models, a great range of predictions. Moreover, most of them are failing so far.
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Originally posted by John Reece View PostHe was not proposing a model. He is not in the prediction business.
I mean, we're not just talking politics here, right?
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Originally posted by robertb View Post
In fact, NOAA temperature data shows that the U.S.A. has been cooling for the past decade. See here.
No consensus model predicted any such phenomenon; in fact, as your quoted article and the accompanying graph indicates, the consensus modal prediction was quite the contrary to what actually has happened. Remember Michael Mann's hockey stick?Last edited by John Reece; 07-09-2014, 03:27 PM.
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Originally posted by robertb View PostAs in any scientific debate, a theory that makes better predictions will always trump one that makes worse predictions.Micah 6:8 He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
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