On 12/31/2011 4:29 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:31:06 -0500, John VanSickle wrote:
>
>> I see no *conclusive* evidence that the world's climate will behave any
>> differently in the next fifty years than it has in the previous fifty.
>
> There's something of a fallacy here - that science has to provide
> 'conclusive' proof of anything before it's taken seriously.
>
> There's overwhelming evidence to support the idea that the world is
> warming.  Even studies funded by climate change deniers (the recent one
> funded by the Koch bros. for example) show that the world is warming.
>
> *Absolute* proof is not the standard in scientific research.  A
> preponderance of the evidence is, but in actual scientific research, it's
> also common to provide counter-evidence.

I did not say that the planet is not getting warmer.  I said that the 
climate will not behave any differently.  One is not the other.

It is now a documented fact that much of the research purported to 
support AGW was falsified and/or misrepresented, and claiming that this 
puts me into the moon-landing denier camp is mere ad hominem.


Regards,
John

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