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Have to agree that it is much more likely that they will drop it down the memory hole and change the subject than admit they were wrong.

Puts me in mind of the story of "Operation Bodyguard" - the phantom "army" under disgraced General Patton which "was going to invade directly across the English Channel and strike at Calais." I had known that story for a generation or more, before I read a book which discussed its ramifications in a little more detail. It never occurred to me to realize that that phantom "army" was supposedly of fantastic size - more like a Russian army than anything we had any thoughts of actually mustering. That was why that threat pinned all of the German tanks at Calais. In reality we had no ability to throw so much force at any particular point that we could have established a beachhead against the kind of force the Germans had at Calais.
But the reason "Bodyguard" is relevant to this discussion is the aftermath of the Normandy landing. It was establishment "logic" - call it "settled science" that we were going to launch a huge offensive at Calais. Then we invaded Normandy. Fine, you would think that the whole German high command would say, "Wow, we've been tricked!" - not in English, of course - and dedicate all their resources to opposing the breakout from the Normandy beachhead. Rommel, of course, saw the implication of Normandy instantly - he knew that a successfully established Allied beachhead anywhere on the French coast was a dagger pointed at the heart of the Reich, and vehemently argued for the movement of resources to attack our beachhead as vigorously as possible. But no - the supposed Bodyguard thrust just hadn't happened yet. The Allies didn't announce that Bodyguard was a ruse, and although they couldn't conceal the Normandy landing, the idea of Calais had its own inertia. Once the establishment had committed to Calais, it was hard to speak of anything else.
The fact that Normandy was the real deal just gradually became the reality on the ground, over the course of a month or so. There never came a single moment when everyone announced in unison that the Emperor had no clothes on.

Now, that is an interesting bit of history!

The Allies didn't announce that Bodyguard was a ruse, and although they couldn't conceal the Normandy landing, the idea of Calais had its own inertia. Once the establishment had committed to Calais, it was hard to speak of anything else.

The "Climate Scientists" will NEVER admit to being wrong. They will just move on and change the subject.