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A Sophomoric Look at Climate Change
American Thinker.com ^ | July 16, 2019 | Gordon Wysong

Posted on 07/16/2019 8:20:05 AM PDT by Kaslin

My nephew completed freshman year in college, and he was excited to have qualified for the climate science track. With his prowess in algebra on display, he explained simultaneous equations to me. If A+B=9, no one knows the value of A or B. BUT, if you also know that A–B=3, voila! Now you know both values. The first equation is useless without the second, and the second is useless without the first. All you need is the same number of equations as you have variables.

On my nephew's first day of Climate 201, the learned professor whetted his appetite by telling him this elite class would develop a climate change model.

He shared with me his list of variables: CO2 in the atmosphere, H2O in the atmosphere, fluorocarbons in the atmosphere, snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere, forest fire sizes, orbit wobble of the Earth, sunspot activity, core heat loss to the surface, volcanic activity, continental drift, algae growth in the oceans, fossil fuel combustion, shifting of the magnetic north pole location. His imagination was running wild, thinking of the complexity he would resolve in only one semester.

When he turned in the list, and it was compared to others, he found he had missed forty or so other variables. Not to worry: The class now had a compilation that was certain to lead to an answer. They began the remaining work.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: climatechange; globalwarminghoax; greennewdeal
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To: USS Alaska

This computer is going to go to the garbage, it is still double posting even after I bought a new herd of mice.


21 posted on 07/16/2019 9:34:12 AM PDT by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorist mooselimb savages, today.)
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To: Kaslin

OK!! Everybody pay attention!
Lesson for today:
1. The sun is 1,300,000 times as big as the earth.
2. The sun is a giant nuclear furnace that controls the climates of all its planets.
3. The earth is one of the sun’s planets.
4. The earth is a speck in comparison to the size of the sun.
5. Inhabitants of the earth are less than specks.
Study Question: How do less-than-specks in congress plan to control the sun?


22 posted on 07/16/2019 9:35:28 AM PDT by abclily
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To: abclily
How do less-than-specks in congress plan to control the sun?

Taxes and loss of rights!

23 posted on 07/16/2019 9:56:46 AM PDT by occamrzr06
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To: HangnJudge

Truly it has been said that a sophomore is a moron (moron) thinking himself wise (sophia)


24 posted on 07/16/2019 10:13:49 AM PDT by Chaguito
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To: Kaslin

bkmk


25 posted on 07/16/2019 11:02:36 AM PDT by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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To: alloysteel
One of the most useful mathematical tools for evaluating research findings with ambiguous data is inferential statistics, They are a branch of mathematics, and designed to provide rational guidance in managing the error term present in all measurements.

Founded on mathematical proofs, not just assumptions, they can be powerful in evaluating empirical findings.

Notably, statistical analysis is routinely missing from climate “science” reports.

26 posted on 07/16/2019 6:41:46 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard (Power is more often surrendered than seized.)
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