It’s only a model
Models don’t agree with temperature records. Clearly, the temperature records are wrong. Because of all those thermometers we had 12,000 years ago. Or something.
In other news, the eastern 2/3rds of the US should brace for the coldest winter in a long time
August 21st, 2014 at 9:19 pm
It’s the end of August and I’m doing some work in Alabama and seeing some trees, not many but some, already changing color. That seems a poor omen for a mild winter.
August 21st, 2014 at 11:18 pm
Deadcenter, here in SW Wyoming it’s been cooler and wetter than normal for August. It’s more like October without the snow.
This last winter was pretty mild but I’m thinking that this coming winter is going to make up for that, and start early to boot.
August 21st, 2014 at 11:22 pm
Fuck.
Last winter sucked.
I really don’t want to do that again…..
August 22nd, 2014 at 8:59 am
Validating models when you can’t run a series of experiments to cover the variable space is very problematic.
However astronomers can do it so there’s that (it also helps that they have a lot of stars and suns are relativly “simple”. Course get into a discussion about “dark matter” just to see how much here be dragons is out there).
It’s also worse when your emperical data is limited to one set, and that’s a set that before a certian time is only avaliable as proxy/indirect data.
Oh I’m sorry, *coughs* the science is settled. The models are always right. And it’s anti-science to question results and methods.
August 23rd, 2014 at 1:15 pm
Consensus! It’s how science is done! Yeah.