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To: koan who wrote (779051)	4/8/2014 2:05:42 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574024

>> When 97% of the top scientist's say something is real only a fool would argue with them. So, when Ptolemy convinced 97% of the world's scientists that the Earth was the center of the Universe -- a belief that held for nearly 1400 years until a mere 500 years ago -- were the disbelievers "fools"? You should begin your response with "Yes" or "No", followed by "because" then explain your reasoning.

To: koan who wrote (779051)	4/8/2014 3:15:26 PM
From: Taro	3 Recommendations Recommended By FJB i-node joseffy Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574024

The scientist's just found the Higgs boson and gravity waves. Yes, they found the Higgs boson - and what some believe indications, but no evidence so far, of gravity waves. Please stay accurate and correct, at least in the name of objective science, OK?

To: koan who wrote (779051)	4/8/2014 7:30:23 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574024

Koan, Gobal warming at the highest levels of understanding is the same complexity. No it isn't. Despite how tough it was to discover the Higgs boson, the number of variables that had to be peeled away was still finite. The trick was to (a) identify them, and (b) figure out clever ways to deal with them in the path to discovery. In comparison, the number of variables affecting the climate of an entire planet is nearly infinite. Each variable, when taken by itself, is easily understood (i.e. air currents, solar radiation, micro-climates, greenhouse gases), but when you take all of them together, not even the most powerful supercomputers can take even a small fraction of these variables into account. The only "clever" way to deal with these variables is the time-honored tradition of abstracting them away, but no one knows how the abstraction process affects the accuracy of the models they use. Hence the understanding of global warming is on a whole different level of complexity than that which led to the Higgs boson. Tenchusatsu