If "Climate science" were like "String science", we would not need to worry about a warming earth because we would never be able to determine that it is indeed warming.
This does make me wonder, however: When is Motl coming out with his "First course in String Theory"?
God knows, we have all been waiting with baited breath.
Whatever else is true. I am quite certain it will be a "weighty" tome:
How many pages do you suppose are required at a minimum to describe 10^500 different possible universes?
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That's a "First" course in climate physics?
ReplyDeleteYikes.
Well, usually you have first had the calculus, general chemistry and a few physics courses:). That or you stayed overnight at Climate Audit Express.
ReplyDeleteAnd please don't tell me that string theory is a prerequisite for understanding Pierrehumbert's book on climate!
ReplyDeleteIf "Climate science" were like "String science", we would not need to worry about a warming earth because we would never be able to determine that it is indeed warming.
ReplyDeleteThis does make me wonder, however: When is Motl coming out with his "First course in String Theory"?
God knows, we have all been waiting with baited breath.
Whatever else is true. I am quite certain it will be a "weighty" tome:
How many pages do you suppose are required at a minimum to describe 10^500 different possible universes?
"please don't tell me that string theory is a prerequisite for understanding Pierrehumbert's book on climate!"
ReplyDeleteString theory is not a prerequisite for understanding anything -- at least not about the real world.