At 11:51 AM 7/17/2006, Robert A. Rohde wrote:
> > Robert A. Rohde wrote:
> > >
> > > Sorry, no. He's a closet skeptic that I've closely interacted with in
> > > the past, but not someone that is publicly known for a skeptical view.
> > > Out of respect for his privacy, I am not going to identify him here.
>The individual who I am talking about basically believes a) that
>climate modelling is too simplified and tuned to be useful, b) that
>most of what gets published in the climate literature is dodgy and
>shouldn't stand up to scrutiny, and c) the climate is basically too
>complicated for us to predict.
>
>Obviously if one is going to take those positions, it is not hard to
>see that such a person might say that anthropogenic global warming
>hasn't been established and even if it does exist we don't know what it
>means for the future.
Hmmm... Does this mean that the skeptics are right when they
claim there are a lot of climate scientists who doubt AGW but
who are afraid to speak up about it?
How widespread is this view? What are they afraid of?
Should we begin to doubt the claims of scientific consensus?
Jim
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