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Originally Posted by AnalogMan
But while everyone is entitled to their own opinion, there is only one set of facts. Data are data. If something is objectively measurable, there is only one version of reality. People on different sides might interpret and have different feelings about reality, but there is still only one version of it..
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Data may be Data, but it is in the interpretation of that data that things are discovered. Without interpretation, data is pretty meaningless.
2+2 = 4 but there is no value in that unless you have some reason for it to matter. Dogs don't care that 2+2 = 4. It has no meaning to them.
The current trend of the Earth warming is a fact. That humans contribute to that at some level is also a fact. So do cows, and trees, and the natural cycles of the planet itself. We have to take the data and interpret/discover what it is we can do to impact it, but it is very possible we cannot or could not, prevent it over time. I don't believe we really know that.