[FrankMstein]

Originally Posted by ezaircon4jc

(which is inherently biased to the programmer's beliefs).

And here is where you would be 100% incorrect. They use data...not beliefs. That would be a QAnut believer process method.

[OkieSnuffBox]

Originally Posted by bayarea328xit

I agree with above - I always worry when science (well outside the technical aspects of the scientific field) is used to support broad policy decisions - for example, US nuclear energy policy.

Could you explain what you mean by that? That's now accusatory, just curious what you're getting at.

From what I understand, modern reactors and especially thorium reactors are incredibly safe. But Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukishima scare the unwashed, American masses away from nuclear energy because they don't understand it.

Especially when you consider countries like France derive nearly 80% of their electricity from nuclear power. From what I understand as well, which seems so obvious, the reactors are standardized. So maintenance parts aren't one off for each individual plant.

[H2O_Doc]

An article on the collapse of the snow crab fishery is a bit concerning and the loss of that fishery certainly could be another climate related environmental dysfunction. It's certainly something that we thought might happen, but a lot of things are happening at a pace faster than expected.

[CarsAndGuitars]

Originally Posted by H2O_Doc

An article on the collapse of the snow crab fishery is a bit concerning and the loss of that fishery certainly could be another climate related environmental dysfunction. It's certainly something that we thought might happen, but a lot of things are happening at a pace faster than expected.

In 5 minutes I browsed a few articles that SUGGESTED cause could be overfishing, disease, predators or climate.

But the fear mongers jump right on their train.

[H2O_Doc]

Originally Posted by CarsAndGuitars

In 5 minutes I browsed a few articles that SUGGESTED cause could be overfishing, disease, predators or climate.

But the fear mongers jump right on their train.

It's not fear mongering, it's a discussion of what might be going. And it might be that disease outbreaks are changing because of climate. And the same for predators (species are moving around).

And we know that the population dynamics are strongly linked to temperature. So, neither proven not fear mongering.

[CarsAndGuitars]

Originally Posted by H2O_Doc

It's not fear mongering, it's a discussion of what might be going. And it might be that disease outbreaks are changing because of climate. And the same for predators (species are moving around).

And we know that the population dynamics are strongly linked to temperature. So, neither proven not fear mongering.

But if it's disease.. it's because of climate?
If it's predators.. they are migrating because of climate?

This is a discussion?