Saturday, September 28, 2019

Climate Einstein

The Latin phrase Post hoc ergo propter hoc is an error in logic that assumes the cause of something is another thing that merely occurred earlier. A good example is CO2 levels are increasing and this is the cause of climate change. Ice core sample taken from the Antarctic show CO2 levels the highest in 800,000 years so that part is true. To assume that to be the cause of global warming is logical but could be subject to ignorance of how other changes are involved. For many years Newtonian physics explained completely the way the physical world behaved but along came Einstein and proved that Newtons laws were flawed. Is there a climate Einstein hiding in the weeds. Those who say that CO2 is the answer to climate change period may be in for a surprise. A good scientist avoids making such dramatic conclusions.

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