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"The sea-level statistic was used for background information only, and the updated information remains consistent with the overall conclusions," the IPCC
by alexgartrell 17y ago
"The sea-level statistic was used for background information only, and the updated
information remains consistent with the overall conclusions," the IPCC
note states. Nevertheless, the admission is likely to intensify claims by
sceptics that the IPCC work is riddled with sloppiness.
I think that quote needs to be highlighted before people start making claims that this doesn't matter. This just shows (again) how political motivations affect science (which isn't to say that science is safe from monetary motivations either).
- troystribling 17y agoA better statement would be that political motivations and money affect scientist not science. Science is a procedure for validating theory with observations. The extent to which some claim observations validate their theory is always debatable. People with political or monetary motivations sometimes forget this.
- Tichy 17y agoHow could the height of the Netherlands possibly have an effect on climate and actual sea levels? The Netherlands are very small. I guess if you want to be really nitpicky, you could demand quotes for every single word in every scientific publications. They[1] would[2] then[3] become[4] completely[5] unreadable[6], which[7] would[8] hardly[9] be[10] conductive[11]. [1] you [2] get [3] the [4] idea ...