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The Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) [1] are based on the empirically derived LR04 Benthic Stack. We don't (yet) know how to model the termination triggers nor the p
by sradman 6y ago
The Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) [1] are based on the empirically derived LR04 Benthic Stack. We don't (yet) know how to model the termination triggers nor the precise magnitude of each glacial cycle but what this means in practice is that we don't understand why the system transitioned from 41 kyr cycles to 100 kyr cycles; the regular glacial cycles themselves are very real.
The "nobody knows" claim applies no more to the LR04/MIS evidence than it does to tectonic plate evidence. This is well established science not an arena to practice Hayekian "fatal conceit" dismissals.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_isotope_stage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_isotope_stage
- ncmncm 6y ago"Nobody knows what makes the sun rise." "We have excellent records of its reliable daily rise, going back centuries." But sunrise is caused by rotation of a spheroid planet, in no way implied by those records.