In today's WaPost Global Warming Did It! Well, Maybe Not Joel Achenbach condescendingly ledes
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We're
stuck on the notion that climate change is the culprit every time a
natural disaster strikes. But that's just muddying the waters.
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... he alludes to this thing called "the scientific process."
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A
science writer for Newsweek recently flat-out declared that this year's
floods in the Midwest were the result of climate change, and in the
process, she derided the wishy-washy climatologists who couldn't quite
bring themselves to reach that conclusion (they "trip over themselves
to absolve global warming").
Well, gosh, I dunno. Equivocation isn't a sign of cognitive weakness.
Uncertainty is intrinsic to the scientific process, and sometimes you
have to have the courage to stand up and say, "Maybe."
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... then dismisses it with a head bob and quick weave to the left. .
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Moreover, the evidence for man-made climate change is solid enough that it doesn't need to be bolstered by iffy claims.
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There has been no scientific evidence of man caused climate change that
has withstood scientific peer revue. NONE. Al Gore, the public
face of this religious cult has consistently refused to debate his
climate data. So STFU.
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