Sentences with phrase «real uncertainty in the science»

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The politicization of climate science (due in part to having Gore as the public face for so long) is one of the primary reasons why there is so great public doubt even over the basics (leaving out areas like sensitivity where there are large and real scientific uncertainties).

I may be wrong, but It appears to me that her motive is to expose IPCC claims of overconfidence in a science, which she feels is still loaded with too much uncertainty to be able to make any real claims regarding the past or projections for the future, IOW to act as sort of a «BS filter».

Real scientists know there are gaps in human knowledge, but most are very careful (sometimes overly so when talking to the public) to talk about how sure they are about various things, and much of real science is about quantification of uncertainty and reduction therReal scientists know there are gaps in human knowledge, but most are very careful (sometimes overly so when talking to the public) to talk about how sure they are about various things, and much of real science is about quantification of uncertainty and reduction therreal science is about quantification of uncertainty and reduction thereof.

N.B. Even if Schmidt is right in his characterisation of the skeptics, that does not imply that the science must be settled, simply because there are areas of real uncertainty in climate science, but they may not be the issues on which he percieves skeptics generally attack.

There are many uncertainties in the science and the occasional finding that pokes holes in details, but claims that warming stopped in year X, there is an ice age imminent, etc. are given undue prominence when there is no real evidence for this sort of position, just as there is no real evidence that tobacco isn't a health hazard, or HIV doesn't cause AIDS.

Anthropogenic Climate Change hasn't qualified for years; the science is settled, the effect is real, and the only uncertainty among the folks who actually know their shit is whether we're in for a bad ride or a downright catastrophic one.