"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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John Mazor wrote:

Many think they know but they're completely ignorant of the principles of the
scientific method.

And a dismayingly small percentage of the current population of those who claim to be
scientists.

Wrong, see below.

This will become very apparent within a few decades when all of the global warming, er,
global climate change "scientists" are proven wrong. That will be the biggest setback
to science in our lifetimes.

Please demonstrate that a significant percentage of reputable scientists claim that
increased global warming to catastrophic levels is a dead certain fact and won't admit to
the usual caveats of the scientific method. They may exist but they would be a small
minority. And you're going to need primary sources - media science reporting is
notoriously inaccurate and tries to inflate scientific statements way beyond the
scientist's actual views. We need to see it in their own published material or equally
reliable sources.

A full, accurate statement that conforms to the scientific method would be along the lines
of "There is mounting scientific evidence that the Earth is experiencing global warming,
that the rate of warming is increasing, that human activity could be contributing to this,
and if this trend continues, it has major implications for life on Earth. While
alternative eplanations exist, they are not as useful in explaining all the observed
data." There is no absolute certainty anywhere in there. Often scientists are guilty of
not reciting the full version because they mistakenly assume that everyone understands the
full but unspoken context of their announcements. But even when they do provide the full
context, it seldom is included in the media accounts because it's not as sexy as some
version of "Scientistists predict the end is near!"