[SlowRobotAhead]

Asking “does this make sense” when it’s monkey trained to use joystick is something very different than trying to question and confirm “our model which is entirely based on these 40 other models which were all results of estimations of samples taken over the last 100 years then extrapolated out”... you can ask to see the monkey using the joystick.

The model verification would be years of work - so everyone just “trusts” it’s right, although we basically know it’s not because the chance it isn’t is just much more likely.

It doesn’t have to be a quid pro quo any more than it has to be “ugh, that sounds really boring to confirm, I’ll just believe it”.