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Originally Posted by photon
You've made this mistake before and I am sure will continue to think that way.. but scientists aren't on the pedestal, it's science itself that is on the pedestal. Some scientists can be wrong, on the take, prideful, whatever, but science is open and you can't fake results forever; science corrects itself because new data, observations, predictions are constantly done to test the consensus.
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In a vacuum science would correct itself but, science doesn't live in such ideal conditions. It lives in a world where it needs money from people whose interests are never neutral. The science is only as good as the scientist who generate it. As far as fake results go with global warming the results are theories or computer models based on an assumed association between our planets warming trend and CO2 emissions. These computer models have had failures short term(like last years hurricane season) but really won't be proven one way or another for at least twenty years. A scientist could be dead wrong on this theory and have retired a millionaire before proven wrong.
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Originally Posted by photon
The fact that there is dispute about global warming is a result of lack of understanding the science more fully.
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You and I certainly could be in the lack of knowledge camp but, there are scientists within this field who reject the CO2 theory outright. They bring science to prove their positions as well. I believe they should be heard on the basis of their science.