Thread: Global Warming oops itself again

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    Quote Originally Posted by MutantJohn View Post
    Also, global weather simulations don't have to be inaccurate. We do the same for galaxies, etc so weather is a natural extension.
    We cannot say if it is going to rain tomorrow in our town, so we really cannot expect to make accurate global weather simulations.

    But we do know our chemistry well, we know the CO2 molecule very well and we seem to believe to understand a bit about planetary consequences of the greenhouse effect (it being that our neighbor Venus is a prime example). Global Warming, in particular the rise of CO2, has a strong scientific reasoning behind it that is impossible to deny.

    What instead is a whole lot more debatable are the following two points:


    • Global Warming is a reality (regardless of it being human caused or a natural effect)
    • That human activities are the main cause of global warming.
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    Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MutantJohn View Post
    Ah, that is because you lack the imagination and sense of wonder!
    I simply observed that this thread had moved away from its original topic in a manner I consider ridiculous.

    Equating that with a lack of imagination and sense of wonder is extrapolating beyond ridiculous.

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    You and Elysia seem to be so sure of what cannot be, how can you even be sure of what is? Are you sure you're real? Are you sure that I am? Are we not both just dreams made up by something bigger?
    I made no comments about what can or cannot be.

    Although your comments do cause me to imagine there is no limit on how ridiculous people can be, and wonder how that can be.
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