Friday, May 08, 2020

"Scientists can and do get it wrong."

In The Pipeline, Kurt Schlicter writes in part,
The Chinese coronavirus has opened our eyes. “Denying science” is not the denial of the concept of science, but the denial of science as revealed truth and political blunt instrument. Science is a method, not a sacrament, and we’ve seen that scientists are subject to human foibles like fear, corruption and incompetence. They can and do get it wrong. So, when it comes to the climate in the year 2120, well, we’ll roll the dice.
Read more here.

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