Rather, I am reluctant to concede «CAGW» is a problem given the
lack of alternative explanations of observations, use of scareware, consequences of «Climate Change» policy, denigration of and retaliation on skeptics, and so on and so forth.
But given the timeframe and the
absence of any alternative explanations other than pure chance, it seems as if the cold water plunge might have afforded some instant pain relief — at least in this case, they venture.
Instead of promoting a scientific
discussion of alternative explanations that is accessible to the public, they have tried to suppress discussion and obscure any evidence that contradicts their tenuous claims.
Ultimately, an environmentally mediated causal effect of PAE on childhood externalizing behaviors — a causal inference — would be supported if the relation remained robust to the measured covariates and quasi-experimental methods because these approaches account for
many of the alternative explanations for the association between PAE and externalizing problems.
The more I've learned of the AGW community and their woeful standards of data collection and archiving and statistical work, and the more I've learned of the actual patterns of warming / stable / coolling temperatures and
of alternative explanations for such movements, the more sceptical I've become that points (a)--(c) above will ever be satisfactorily demonstrated.
The burden rests with critics to demonstrate that those higher grades are undeserved, and one can cite any number
of alternative explanations.
We examined the robustness of the interaction effect, tested a number
of alternative explanations, and investigated possible underlying mechanisms.