Climatologists, who are scientists, are not comparable to witch doctors, who are practitioners of stone age superstition. Yes, people outsource some of their th

Climatologists, who are scientists, are not comparable to witch doctors, who are practitioners of stone age superstition. Yes, people outsource some of their thinking, but this is not a bad thing given that it's impossible to critically evaluate everything. Our bandwidth is highly limited, meaning some level of cautious targeted outsourcing actually maximizes the accuracy of our opinions. I would say such opinions are still based on empiricism, ableit via indirection.