This article includes a comment by respected physicist Freeman Dyson on the pluses and minuses of climate models
“Warming Theory Takes a Hit”, by Jay Ambrose
Jay Ambrose: ” ‘Models solve the equations of fluid dynamics and do a very good job of describing the fluid motions of the atmosphere and oceans,’ says the highly respected physicist Freeman Dyson in a quote I found in an Internet article. ‘They do a very poor job of describing the clouds, the dust, the chemistry and fiology of fields, farms and forests. They do not begin to describe the real world that we live in. THEY ARE FULL OF FUDGE FACTORS THAT ARE FITTED TO THE EXISTING CLIMATE, SO THE MODELS MORE OR LESS AGREEE WITH THE OBSERVED DATA. BUT THERE IS NO REASON TO BELIEVE THE SAME FUDGE FACTORS WOULD GIVE THE RIGHT BEHAVIOR IN A WORLD WITH DIFFERENT CHEMISTRY, for example, IN A WORLD WITH INCREASED CO2 IN THE ATMOSPHERE.”
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“Dyson .. cannot understand why those who subscribe to the theory are so dogmatic and notes that skeptics are often right on science issues. Just recently, the warming skeptics scored some points.” — Jay Ambrose.