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by posco 2401 days ago
“ In any case, the model makes a testable prediction. If the sunspots are less frequent over the coming 20 years, she was right!”

Interesting goal posts: scientist working on carbon’s effect on the climate need to consider all kinds of other potential explanations despite their predictions of continued short term warming coming true. This person is in the fortunate position that she should be believed, not doubted as a coincidence as mainstream scientists should be, if her prediction comes true in a decade.

And if she’s wrong I guess we just say “...fuck...”