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Originally Posted by MattyC
The Prime Minister, whether its Harper, Trudeau, or Wayne effing Gretzky are not the authorities on validity and accuracy of science.
These are not opinions, these are verified scientific facts that were being withheld from the public because they were perceived to be detrimental to certain industries. Not because they were up for debate.
Opinions can be drawn from scientific conclusions, but scientific conclusions are not up for opinion.
EX: The ppm of CO2 in the ocean has increased by x amount over the last y years. That is a fact (without numbers because I don't know them)
From that, there can be opinions on what's causing it and what the implications could be. But even then, if more research shows what is causing it, it changes from opinion to fact. And the people who were of the different opinion before either have to accept the new information as facts, or be behind the rest humanity.
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Fact and proof exist only in closed theoretical systems, like mathematics. In real world science there is no fact or proof.
Here's a pretty good article on it:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog...ientific-proof
Here's a good blog post:
http://brainatthedoor.blogspot.ca/20...ific-fact.html
Basically, the point is that science is never final. We can only come up with the best explanation on what we observe. The more complex and the more factors that become part of our explanation, the more room there is for opinion.