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Not to sound like a AGW denier, but is this really how science is supposed to be done? 1. Posit hypothesis A, with predictions X 2. Gather data to falsify

Not to sound like a AGW denier, but is this really how science is supposed to be done? 1. Posit hypothesis A, with predictions X 2. Gather data to falsify A for twenty years 3. Data contradicts predictions X 4. ??? 5. Invent hypothesis B to avoid falsification of A.

anon1385 12y ago
Could you show which 'predictions' you think have been contradicted by which data exactly?
- ende 12y ago
  I think he's referring to the observed absence of increasing temperature as contradiction to the prediction that temperatures will keep increasing.