"What Is The Proof?", Extreme Weather Events Edition

I spent the past couple of days attending the International Conference on Climate Change, put on by the Heartland Institute in Washington.  There was a good deal of material that will be of interest to readers.  

A major issue addressed by multiple presenters goes under the heading “What is the proof?”, and in particular what is the proof that there is some kind of climate “crisis” coming our way.  You will not be surprised to learn that for most every claim of the climate cabal, the proof is lacking.  

The most interesting presentation on this subject came from John Clauser.  For those who haven’t heard of him, Clauser was one of the co-winners of the Nobel Prize in physics in 2022.  The specific subject of Clauser’s prize was something called “quantum entanglement,” which seems to be only peripherally related to climate change.  However, Clauser’s presentation made it look like since winning the prize he has spent much of his time studying the literature on climate change, and particularly studying the data that are cited to support claims of impending climate crisis.  Over that period, he has become a very outspoken climate skeptic.  He is clearly a very smart guy, with a sharp critical eye.  Also, he has taken a specific approach, which is to examine the data looking for gaps, alterations or manipulations that might render the data insufficient to support the claims being made.   (See also, my series on The Greatest Scientific Fraud Of All Time.)  I think that this approach is the essence of the scientific method, but sadly it is mostly absent from the climate “science” cult.  Finally, Clauser has specifically focused on certain flaws or manipulations of the data that can be seen easily and understood by a layman without any need for specific scientific expertise.

Clauser titled his talk “Global warming, climate change, and scientific consensus have not been proven. There is no proven climate crisis.”  The talk was accompanied by a Power Point deck of some 124 slides, which were way too numerous and detailed for him to cover everything or for an audience member to take thorough notes.  However, I managed to get my hands on a copy of the deck.  (Clauser’s full talk is available on the Heartland website, and I also understand that the deck will be available on the website within a few days.)