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First, your phrasing is vague; please be more specific. If your comment is intended as a general dismissal of climate predictions, my replies would be: * What
by xpe 7y ago
First, your phrasing is vague; please be more specific.
If your comment is intended as a general dismissal of climate predictions, my replies would be:
* What would you recommend instead?
* Would you recommend that no one make model-based predictions at all?
* Would you recommend that model-based predictions be dismissed entirely?
All models are wrong, but some are useful. [1] In other words, models are all simplifications in different kinds of ways, but a critical, skeptical mind can find value in them.
Science is largely based on models. Some may think current scientific theories are the complete truth, but history has shown this is not a reliable prediction. Still, you work with the best models you have, since the alternative is worse. Still, the only way forward we know is starting from where we are.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_models_are_wrong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_models_are_wrong