[FRIAM] Climate Change

[Pieter Steenekamp]

Thank you, I do appreciate.

Let me start with my background. I have done modeling for predictions in
engineering applications as a major part of my professional career of 40
years. I am now doing deep learning for making predictions. (Not
necessarily relevant to this discussion, but I do combine ABM to get the
emerging properties of the system as part of the deep learning exercise - a
very exciting endeavor).

In my career, I have made many technical mistakes. I guess this is part of
making predictions based on models. I do not have any climate modeling
expertise, but I do measure their success in the accuracy of the model's
predictions.

In 1990 the IPCC predicted a temperature increase of 0.3 degrees centigrade
per decade. In 2014 they reported an actual increase of 0.05 degrees
centigrade for the previous 15 years.

Maybe they are right in their new disaster predictions? IMO it would give
them some credibility if they admit the uncertainties.

On 29 December 2017 at 20:44, uǝlƃ ☣ <gepropella at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, I think so.  The trick, I think, is to demonstrate respect for those
> with whom we disagree.  If someone posts, without rancor, an argument
> (preferably with data) arguing that the models are wrong in a crucial way,
> I know *I* would be interested.
>
> I've posted tons of contrarian and stubborn, perhaps even stupid, opinions
> and have been treated with respect.
>
>
> On 12/29/2017 10:34 AM, Pieter Steenekamp wrote:
> > Is it possible to have, in this group, a civil discussion where the
> accepted view of the IPCC that unless we reduce CO2 emissions we are
> heading for disaster is challenged?
>
>
> --
> ☣ uǝlƃ
>
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