"I don’t know much about science, and even less about climate science.
So as a practical matter, I like to side with the majority of scientists until they change their collective minds.
They might be wrong, but their guess is probably better than mine.
That said, it is mind-boggling to me that the scientific community can’t make a case for climate science that sounds convincing, even to some of the people on their side, such as me.
In other words, I think scientists are right (because I play the odds), but I am puzzled by why they can’t put together a convincing argument, whereas the skeptics can, and easily do.Shouldn’t it be the other way around?
As a public service, and to save the planet, obviously, I will tell you what it would take to convince skeptics that climate science is a problem that we must fix.
Please avoid the following persuasion mistakes.
1. Stop telling me the “models” (plural) are good.
If you told me one specific model was good, that might sound convincing.
But if climate scientists have multiple models, and they all point in the same general direction, something sounds fishy.
If climate science is relatively “settled,” wouldn’t we all use the same models and assumptions?..."
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