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Re: Hansen: Denying Global Warming should be Illegal
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Originally Posted by Si modo
Thanks, for the information. 75% is certainly no consensus. And, consensus is an inappropriate term to use with respect to AGW and conclusions based on it.
As 25% of those doing research in this area have not found found the data strong enough to definitively state AGW is major cause of climate change, I must conclude that the state of the science is not advanced enough to conclude one way or the other. I suspect one thing, but have not seen the science as strong enough to go beyond suspicion. Scientific conclusions are not based on suspicions or gut-feels. With respect to the second review of papers, they found 6% reject APW but it is important to note that they also found 32% also did not make any definitive conclusion on AGW.
Also, it is completely inaccurate to state that NASA/NOAA/EPA or any other US federal granting agency "endorses" anything. NO federal granting agency endorses anything; endorsement of anything is against regulations and against rules of ethics.
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You misread the article.
in the 1st survey mentioned of 928 papers, 75% accepted Global Warming, 25% did not mention it as they dealt with something where global warming was irrelevant, like paleolithic global warming, and none rejected the theory.
In another survey, this taken later 6% of the works rejected AGW.
There are always fringe works, but over time consensus seems to build on one theory as superior to others.
Evolution v Creation.
Spacetime v ether
Chemistry v Alchemy
Antibiotics v The power of prayer to heal
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