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Originally Posted by Dadhawk
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.
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We know it is man made. We know humans are contributing to the vast majority of the changes. This is not disputed by scientists. The timeline is disputed on certain changes like will sea level rise by 10 feet or 20 feet in 25 years, 50 years or 200 years (I'm using these numbers arbitrarily to illustrate a relationship, as I don't know the actual numbers or variance; the variance could be a matter of a decade or a few years to several standard deviations for all I know, or larger).
Have we reached some tipping point of no return? That is also debated. We know we could create vast changes. We don't know if it is too late.