"Dan Luke" wrote in message
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"LWG" wrote:

Just 20+ years ago Newsweek was running stories about the impending Ice
Age which was upon us. The worry was Global Cooling. The "scientists"
read the same archival data and came to the conclusion that the Earth was
cooling at an alarming rate.

Magazines such as Newsweek are in the business of pumping up subscriptions
to sell ad copy. What they said 20 years ago--or yesterday--has nothing
to do with scientific consensus.

Just so you know, _consensus_ is a political term, not a scientific one.
(IOW, your ass is showing...oh, get real indignant now!!!)

Politics vs. Science:

Science Method
1) Gather all pertinent FACTS
2) Analyze
3) Reach conclusions

Political Method
1) Establish pre-ordained conclusions
2) Cherry pick "facts" that (maybe) pertain to predetermined conclusion (or
spin the hell out of them)
3) Draft press release or Congressional testimony
4) (Optional) Loudly and shrilly condemn critics as fascists an racists.
5) (Optional) Bury data sources and data streams