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bysysrammer ( 446839 ) writes:
"experts said they don't know if this is a natural blip that will go away or more long-term global warming"
Wait, weren't the experts explaining that the high levels of ice was probably due to GW?
byAnonymous Coward writes:
That's what makes it the perfect scam.
It's cold outside! Climate change.
It's hot outside! Climate change
It's raining too much! Climate change
It's not raining enough! Climate change
It's snowing! Climate change
It's not snowing! Climate change
bywierd_w ( 1375923 ) writes:
Only if you are extremely ignorant of how statistical modelling works.
These people are often hesitant to attribute a specific event to being the result of climate change (rather than climate variability) until after they have collected enough data points to indicate trends and establish error bounds.
The argument of GP is that "they can't decide if it's hotter or colder! FRAUDS!", which is bullshit, and a nonsequitor.
Your argument is that it is a scam because it allows for both variances to increase. This i
byAnonymous Coward writes:
Every day we're presented with stories using a single event or data point to "prove" global warming. It's a huge scam at this point. No model exists that can be back-tested successfully.
byTheRaven64 ( 641858 ) writes:
Every day, we hear people who read tabloid news reporting instead of scientific papers complaining about the lack of scientific rigour in the things that they read about climate change.
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