Climate Science Is Not Settled - WSJ
This is far and away the best article I have seen, in over twenty years, on the climate change question. It will satisfy nobody with a political agenda on the question, but it treats a scientific question as, gasp, a matter of science, which is, as the title states, is definitely not "settled." An excerpt:
Policy makers and the public may wish for the comfort of certainty in their climate science. But I fear that rigidly promulgating the idea that climate science is "settled" (or is a "hoax") demeans and chills the scientific enterprise, retarding its progress in these important matters. Uncertainty is a prime mover and motivator of science and must be faced head-on. It should not be confined to hushed sidebar conversations at academic conferences.
Policy makers and the public may wish for the comfort of certainty in their climate science. But I fear that rigidly promulgating the idea that climate science is "settled" (or is a "hoax") demeans and chills the scientific enterprise, retarding its progress in these important matters. Uncertainty is a prime mover and motivator of science and must be faced head-on. It should not be confined to hushed sidebar conversations at academic conferences.
All Comments
- 1Posted by CircuitGuy 10 years, 7 months agoScience by it's nature isn't settled. It's a process.Permalink|
- 1Posted by straightlinelogic 10 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.People have been trying for years to model economies, with little success, and economies have a lot less variables than global climate.Permalink|
- 1Posted by preimert1 10 years, 7 months agoGarbage in is garbage out--even with Cray super computers.Permalink|
- 3Posted by Zenphamy 10 years, 7 months agoGood article. Thanks for posting.Permalink|