Posted on 06/09/2016 12:17:10 PM PDT by PROCON
In an armchair experiment where humans are thought of as no wiser than animals, scientists have found that climate change could empty some nations by 2100.
A warming of 2 degrees Celsius would cause 34 percent of the world’s population to migrate more than 300 miles, to places on the fringes of the tropics where the temperatures are milder. Dramatic population declines might occur in Mexico, Central America, Africa and India. The results were published today in Scientific Reports.
The scientists are cautious about the predictive power of their thought experiment, particularly as it relates to humans. People, unlike animals, can adapt to higher temperatures through technologies such as air conditioning. They also face barriers to long-distance migration, such as land borders, language barriers or even buying an air ticket. The scientists stressed that they are only exploring a hypothetical response to rising temperatures.
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So... Climate change ONLY means global warming.
This is the same as African American ONLY means black.
(Funniest thing I saw was some stupid talking head “news” anchor referred to the imported Africans that were burning neighborhoods in Paris as “African Americans.”
I have an old run of Scientific American from decades ago before the they became nothing but a political tool for those who care more for political correctness than science. A world of difference from now. We, too, cancelled our subscription long ago because the involuntary rolling of one’s eyes as a result of reading the articles is not what anyone who knows about scientific method and research wants from a publication that uses the word “scientific.”
If the global temperature did indeed increase by 2 degrees Celsius by the end of the century (as the warmists keep shrieking), it would bring us back up to the temperatures of the Medieval Warm Period, when grapes were grown in England, and when the English wine industry threatened that of the French.
UN believable.
What if, is the best and most asked question in the history of mankind.
What if I put a V-8 in my lawnmower?
What if ?
Our entire country was built on "What if".
Rednecks hanging out drink beer seem to be the best at asking the question.
Thought experiments are very sciency and all.
For example, just imagine that this orange represents the Earth, and we were to warm up its temperature by 2 degrees C to simulate global warming which might not even be happening.
From that thought experiment, the 'scientist' inside my head concludes that if we were to squeeze the Earth hard enough, it would release enough delicious, slightly-warmer-than-room-temperature orange juice to keep the human race refreshed for a gazillion years.
Yep, I really like these sciency thought experiments.
Now where's my orange juice?
There's even nothing wrong with formulating a hypothesis that does not latter hold up to experimental test. However, it is unscientific to formulate a hypothesis that cannot be tested, and that's pretty much what the CAGW hacks at Scientific American are doing.
What if scientific american went out of print because their articles are politically biased against science and truth? What if scientific american faced they have NO integrity? What if scientific american admitted to being a tool of lefty idiots who push their anti-science agenda? What if...?
What if we elected a Muslim as president and let men go into the women’s bathroom if they feel like it?
Oh wait . . .
ML/NJ
Usha: Don’t go. India is a dreadful, dreadful place.
Zubin: You know, it’s the only country that still has the plague? I mean the plague! Please!
What if my aunt had testicles? Other than the logical explanation that she would have been my uncle, which sex would she have identified as?.....Hmmmmmmm
You make an excellent point, I’m speechless :-)
I apologize, my comment was not meant to cause controversy or speechlessness........
If you do go make sure to get your nose pierced.
Martin Gardiner would miss his chicken tikka?
;’) Wild unicorn, it’s delicious with a side of asparagus.
;’) Wild unicorn, it’s delicious with a side of asparagus.
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