ext_32513 ([identity profile] umbran.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] jducoeur 2009-11-04 05:12 pm (UTC)

...you only know whether it has that so far.

Correct. The true answer of a scientist is, "the current data does not yet support that conclusion". The strict scientist does not speculate on what the future data may or may not be. That would be assuming the conclusion.

I also think that we are talking about slightly different questions. The "case for global warming" is to me a case about a trend in the past - has the average temperature been rising. Even if this cooling trend continues, it does not alter the fact that the past trend was for warming. Nor would it mean that the past warming trend was withing normal variations.

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