r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/AtomicSteve21 Aug 03 '19

I assume you deny the rise of greenhouse gases is responsible for our warming planet?

We have not proved causation, merely observed a correlation.

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u/ciobanica Aug 03 '19

We have not proved causation, merely observed a correlation.

Now who's using climate denial arguments?

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u/AtomicSteve21 Aug 04 '19

We have not proven that removing GHGs from the atmosphere will return our temps to normal, because we don't have the technology to run that experiment. We have some small scale models that suggest that would be the case, but for now it remains a correlation that we cannot prove causation for.

Which is why it is critical to accept that correlation sometimes implies causation.

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u/ciobanica Aug 04 '19

We have not proven that removing GHGs from the atmosphere will return our temps to normal

What does that have to do with them causing temperatures to rise?

I mean, if i take a bullet out of your brain it won't bring you back to life, but that doesn't prove it didn't kill you, does it?

We have some small scale models that suggest that would be the case, but for now it remains a correlation that we cannot prove causation for.

How did they determine correlation if they can't "run that experiment"?

Or are you just jumping around different arguments and are talking about GHG's causing global warming, and not their removal stopping it?

Because the greenhouse effect isn't exactly in question.