The Post-Normal Seduction of Climate Science

Forbes ^ | 10/14/2011 | William Pentland

[mwilli20]

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Now, the climate-science community is scrambling to crack the code on the “uncertainty” conundrum.

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PNS is a model of the scientific process pioneered by Jerome Ravetz and Silvio Funtowicz, which describes the peculiar challenges science encounters where “facts are uncertain, values in dispute, stakes high and decisions urgent.” Unlike “normal” science in the sense described by the philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn, post-normal science commonly crosses disciplinary lines and involves new methods, instruments and experimental systems.

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PNS is especially seductive in the context of uncertainty. Not surprisingly, Curry suggests that instituting PNS-like strategies at the IPCC “could go a long way towards reducing the ‘noise’ and animosity” surrounding climate-change science.

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[mwilli20]

Were you Global Warming skeptics aware that there is a new way to look at science called Post-Normal-Science?

Fact is that the normal scientific method is unable to deal with the complexities and immediate consequences of climate change where it's well known that if the CO2 amount continues to increase one day the planet will explode.

So stop your whining about hockey sticks and such. These guys are using scientific methods that are far above your understanding.

Also I understand that PNS might go a long way toward reducing your noise and animosity.

[Paladin2]

There is no Climate Science. Not even Climate Alchemy.

[MichiganCheese]

I see they are continuing to make things up. We must scare and confuse the simpletons so we can take their money!

[steelyourfaith]

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[meatloaf]

Didn’t you forget the /s tag?

[MrB]

The communists have used “global warming” as a huge machine for advancement of their cause.

They also have an added advantage of the secularization of our society, the rejection of God, leaving people with meaningless lives seeking some reason to “matter”.

Gang Green provides that “meaning” to them, ie, “saving the erf”.

[mwilli20]

Didn’t you forget the /s tag?

I am very serious about this issue! ;-)

[justa-hairyape]

The crux of the problem is that Solar driven climate change affects are too complex for Climate Change scientist to comprehend and/or model. These effects are highly dependent on the wavelength (energy) of light. The absorption of UV light and the creation of ozone in our outer atmosphere are highly dependent on that wavelength or energy of light. And we now know that UV light varies from 4 to 10 % during the solar cycle. So the creation of ozone and the absorption of UV light varies significantly during the solar cycle. Imagine that. The same bad science that caused the banning of CFC’s, has now limited CO2 generation. What do you do when the science is beyond the comprehension of the scientists ? You waste billions of tax payers dollars, while developing a post normal science that can continue the ignorance.

[Reeses]

Post-normal science is more accurately called paranormal science. It requires extrasensory perception us gentiles with ordinary thermometers don’t have.