I’m a Mechanical Engineer, and you are taught to follow a certain path to problem solving. You try out a theory, and when it fails, you go on to another one. Just like Edison and the light bulb, “ I know several thousand things that won’t work.” You don’t develop a theory and try to bend the facts to fit that theory.
When I hear someone who says, “It’s settled science,” my BS meter pegs out.
“I’m a Mechanical Engineer, and you are taught to follow a certain path to problem solving. “
I’m also a mech engineer, took a lot of fluid dynamics and those computer simulations are a beotch even for an airplane. Now multiply that by the volume of the earth atmosphere, add in the thermo and chemical components and multiply by 100 years and you know they are back extrapolating the predictions.
Doesn’t mean CO2 has zero effect, but anyone who looks deeper knows this is a political movement, it isn’t based on the science. Besides, the data isn’t adding up, the icecaps haven’t melted, the sea isn’t rising as fast as predicted, and the satellite data isn’t helping the AGW cause.
“I’m a Mechanical Engineer, and you are taught to follow a certain path to problem solving. You try out a theory, and when it fails, you go on to another one.”
First you form a hypothesis. A hypothesis is a specific, testable prediction about what you expect to happen in your study.
A hypothesis can become a theory after it has undergone substantial testing.