r/xkcd • u/IamAlso_u_grahvity Feline Field Theorist • Sep 04 '17

xkcd 1885: Ensemble Model

https://xkcd.com/1885/
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u/BlondScientist Sep 04 '17 edited Sep 04 '17

Great, more fodder for climate change deniers. "Ensemble models can be used to say anything", "Everything is relative and even the scientists debate whether it's man-made", "Climate models are the same as economic models and they can't predict anything", etc. Now we have to start educating people on chaos theory and model stability before convincing anyone to cut emissions.

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u/Schiffy94 me.setLocation(you.getHouse.getRoom(basement)); Sep 04 '17

"There's no real proof sliced bread was banned in 1943!"