News, Alaska Has to Bring in Snow for Iditarod

[AK76]

Originally Posted by Blind Cleric

So, the extent of our scientific knowledge is confined to what we've directly observed in the past 400 years or so?

I don't think so.

All of the weather knowledge we possess is either direct observation, which is for a very, very short period of time, or speculation, otherwise known as scientific theory. The earth has heated and cooled many times over the ages, according to science.

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[Arktikos]

[quote=AK76;43331269]All of the weather knowledge we possess is either direct observation, which is for a very, very short period of time, or speculation, otherwise known as scientific theory. The earth has heated and cooled many times over the ages, according to science./QUOTE]

But we haven't observed the earth heating and cooling over the ages, have we?

You're selectively accepting some of what climate scientists say, based on their research, and also rejecting some of it.

[AK76]

[quote=Blind Cleric;43331597]

Originally Posted by AK76

All of the weather knowledge we possess is either direct observation, which is for a very, very short period of time, or speculation, otherwise known as scientific theory. The earth has heated and cooled many times over the ages, according to science./QUOTE]

But we haven't observed the earth heating and cooling over the ages, have we?

You're selectively accepting some of what climate scientists say, based on their research, and also rejecting some of it.

You are arguing for the sake of argument. Clarification is contained in my post. Perhaps you should reread it?

[Arktikos]

[quote=AK76;43332139]

Originally Posted by Blind Cleric

Perhaps you should reread it?

LOL. No thanks.