?Proof? We don?t need no steenkin proof?*
*With apologies to Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
Rich Trzupek writes:
In a post over at Peter Guest?s blog, Michael ?Hockey Stick? Mann is quoted making one of the most remarkable statements that I?ve ever heard coming out of a supposed scientist?s mouth:
?Proof is for mathematical theorems and alcoholic beverages. It?s not for science.?
He goes on to explain that science is all about ?credible theories? and ?best explanations? and his gosh-darn critics supposedly don?t offer up any of those.
Now it seems pretty obvious that Mann?s attempt to separate proof from science stems from increasing public awareness that the warming predicted by the high-sensitivity models that Mann and others have championed just hasn?t occurred over the last fifteen years. No matter. You don?t need ?proof? when you have ?credible theories?.
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