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If the majority of climatologists are correct, records will be broken at a greater frequency. This would make it unsurprising to see this record broken within 4

If the majority of climatologists are correct, records will be broken at a greater frequency. This would make it unsurprising to see this record broken within 49 years.

jameshart 3y ago
I mean, there’s precedent for changing the number of days in July, I guess…
- giardini 3y ago
  there is?
  - jameshart 3y ago
    Actually, I misremembered. It was August that got extended in the Julian calendar reform: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_calendar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_calendar
giardini 3y ago
You speak of a "majority of climatologists": was there a poll taken and an article published, a study done, or perhaps a citation you might provide? old joke: a psychologist is a person who constructs mental hurdles between you and your goals and then, one by one, as each is jumped or knocked over, points it out to you. Seems that maintaining the suspense of climate change involves a lot of mental "hurdle construction".
- BoiledCabbage 3y ago
  > You speak of a "majority of climatologists": was there a poll taken and an article published, a study done, or perhaps a citation you might provide? Can you clarify which part is causing you the confusion? Are you trying to figure out if the majority of climate scientists have read this HN thread and voted on the question? Or if making things warmer causes more heat records to be broken? Or if almost all climatologists agree that humans are causing global climate change and the warming of average global temperatures? Can you clarify? > Yes, the vast majority of actively publishing climate scientists – 97 percent – agree that humans are causing global warming and climate change. https://climate.nasa.gov/faq/17/do-scientists-agree-on-climate-change/ https://climate.nasa.gov/faq/17/do-scientists-agree-on-clima...
- piva00 3y ago
  I can't parse whatever you are trying to say, care to rephrase everything to clarify exactly your contention points? It's nigh impossible to understand your comment...
  - giardini 3y ago
    piva00 says "It's nigh impossible to understand your comment..." "nigh" but indeed not "impossible". I encourage you to make the final effort, for our sake as well as yours.
    - piva00 3y ago
      It's not impossible if I create a lot of assumptions about what I think you've said, what I think you've said sounds so stupid that I preferred to not offend you, and instead asked to clarify it to maybe have a civil conversation. You've just cemented my assumptions, thank you. Learn how to hold a conversation, don't be insufferable.
- ericjmorey 3y ago
  Old saying:

If the majority of climatologists are correct, records will be broken at a greater frequency. This would make it unsurprising to see this record broken within 49 years.

jameshart 3y ago

I mean, there’s precedent for changing the number of days in July, I guess…

giardini 3y ago
there is?
- jameshart 3y ago
  Actually, I misremembered. It was August that got extended in the Julian calendar reform: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_calendar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_calendar

giardini 3y ago

You speak of a "majority of climatologists": was there a poll taken and an article published, a study done, or perhaps a citation you might provide? old joke: a psychologist is a person who constructs mental hurdles between you and your goals and then, one by one, as each is jumped or knocked over, points it out to you. Seems that maintaining the suspense of climate change involves a lot of mental "hurdle construction".

BoiledCabbage 3y ago
> You speak of a "majority of climatologists": was there a poll taken and an article published, a study done, or perhaps a citation you might provide? Can you clarify which part is causing you the confusion? Are you trying to figure out if the majority of climate scientists have read this HN thread and voted on the question? Or if making things warmer causes more heat records to be broken? Or if almost all climatologists agree that humans are causing global climate change and the warming of average global temperatures? Can you clarify? > Yes, the vast majority of actively publishing climate scientists – 97 percent – agree that humans are causing global warming and climate change. https://climate.nasa.gov/faq/17/do-scientists-agree-on-climate-change/ https://climate.nasa.gov/faq/17/do-scientists-agree-on-clima...
piva00 3y ago
I can't parse whatever you are trying to say, care to rephrase everything to clarify exactly your contention points? It's nigh impossible to understand your comment...
- giardini 3y ago
  piva00 says "It's nigh impossible to understand your comment..." "nigh" but indeed not "impossible". I encourage you to make the final effort, for our sake as well as yours.
  - piva00 3y ago
    It's not impossible if I create a lot of assumptions about what I think you've said, what I think you've said sounds so stupid that I preferred to not offend you, and instead asked to clarify it to maybe have a civil conversation. You've just cemented my assumptions, thank you. Learn how to hold a conversation, don't be insufferable.
ericjmorey 3y ago
Old saying: