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by thanatropism 4321 days ago
Sounds like climate scientists need to read a lot into the epistemology of economics. (It may well be that "economic science" is an oxymoron, but the work that has been done to try and make it one...)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_experiment

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_of_quasi-experiments

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regression_discontinuity

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrumental_variable

etc. etc.

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One problem with all of these approaches is they require more then one subject. Unfortunately we only have one earth, so there is no way to have a natural control without CO2 rising, or an earth where the CO2 rose at a different time.