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Australia Cuts 110 Climate Scientist Jobs: "The Science is Settled."
An anonymous reader writes: With an ax rather than a scalpel, Australia's federal science agency last week chopped off its climate research arm in a decision that has stunned scientists and left employees dispirited. Why? Because the science is settled, there is no need for more basic research, the government says. No doubt many will experience a case of schadenfreude as they see those who have long claimed "the science is settled" face the inevitable and logical consequence of that stance.
No one in climate science is interested in answering those questions. It's all "X is caused by global climate change", where X can be literally anything, and "X is going to be even worse than we thought" with pictures of polar bears in the background.
When the answer to "it is settled" is based on "consensus" and not actual facts, then there is a problem. Once upon a time, Piltdown Man was "consensus" (and considered fact) science. The problem is that Science isn't consensus, it is fact based.
Now, go and look at the Actual facts on AGW propopents, and you'll find all sorts of arbitrary and politically motivated "adjustments" to climate models whenever they break. Like the 15 years of "no global warming" (and counting) and the whole slew of predictions gone wrong. With a track record of failures why should we believe the GW proponents?
IMHO the Science isn't settled, because science isn't consensus.
Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.
What's really fun is to watch morons and psuedoskeptics going around bandying made up statistics and literally denigrating an entire field of research as populated by liars.
Grow the fuck up. The laws of physics don't owe your fucking SUV any favors.
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.