National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists have found a solution to the 15-year “pause” in global warming: They “adjusted” the hiatus in warming out of the temperature record. New climate data by NOAA scientists doubles the warming trend since the late 1990s by adjusting pre-hiatus temperatures downward and inflating temperatures in more recent years.Science is only as good as the people practicing it. It is one thing to say "I fucking love science" (which often graces my Facebook feed), but quite another to engage in the spirit of critical thought and independent inquiry that science truly entails.
Most of the people who bleat that they love science have no intention of thinking for themselves, but rather parrot the latest opinions of scientists who are just as prone to error, self-interest, politics, and sin as anyone else. If you love science, you cannot simply facepalm people who express unorthodox views on issues such as anthropogenic global warming, vaccines, gender distinctions, racial distinctions, or any number of others. You have to analyze those views and come up with your own coherent basis for opposing them. If you refuse to do so, you don't love science -- you hate it.
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