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Originally Posted by CraigD

I think I’m too stupid to understand climate modeling well enough to understand the theories and data about it – and I have a high opinion of my own cleverness! Only because I’ve been around microbiologists since the 1970s (via an older cousin who got her PhD in 1972, and a lab and professorship years later), and was professionally involved in bioinformatics in the 1990s and 2000s, do I consider myself barely smart enough to claim a slight understanding of evolutionary biology.

I see your point Craig (with which I agree), but I think you are being way too humble.

Like most people, I accept the theory of anthropogenic global because I accept statements of many qualified and respected scientists and spokespeople who do, more than I accept statements by a smaller number of less respected and qualified people.

I agree to an extent. We are not climate scientists, so it is in our best interest to leave such judgements up to the authorities. Yet, we are science-minded individuals and as such are capable of analyzing climate data much more adequately than the uneducated, and unscience-minded, individual. The reason I personally keep tabs on new climate science is because I hate to just go along with an idea without fully understanding it. I presume that all the pages of these climate threads on Hypography show that I'm not alone.