Bill_Thompson wrote:Lance wrote:Bill_Thompson wrote:I want to invest more time to be 100% sure.
For an issue as complex as global warming, can anyone ever be 100% sure?
Ah ha! So it is another example of the evil "F" word (faith).
No no, I didn't mean faith.
Bill_Thompson wrote:Faith and science clash.
Agreed.
Bill_Thompson wrote:No, I think you can be sure enough because of junkscience.com debunking of it and Simon's debunking of doomsday forcasting. But I have not treked yet.
Yes, I agree, "sure enough", but that may not be 100% sure. For example, we could never be "100%" sure that humans do at least exacerbate global warming, but we could be "pretty damn" sure.
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