[TomGuy]

“simply a qualified guess given to satisfy public demand.”

Many of US knew that THEN.

Many of US know global cooling warming change disruption is nothing but a scam to get taxpayer dollars to fund more erroneous projects and studies and create more job security for those tasked with those projects and studies.

[Common Sense 101]

“simply a qualified guess given to satisfy public demand.”

Public demand for WHAT?

[Starboard]

“...scam to get taxpayer dollars to fund more erroneous projects and studies and create more job security for those tasked with those projects and studies”

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Absolutely true. Good post.

Many studies are just gravy trains for bureaucrats, academics, and contractors. The trick, of course, is to design the study to produce the desired findings. And a really “good” study spawns even more studies.