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Freeman Dyson on the Global Warming Hysteria April, 2015

1000frolly PhD · 470.7K views · 2015-04-06 · 22:47

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A 2015 interview in which physicist Freeman Dyson, then 91, argues that global warming concerns are exaggerated, that CO2 is beneficial and that climate models oversimplify complex systems. It is posted on a channel that opposes climate consensus.

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HN commenters point to it as a prominent physicist's skeptical counter-view, usually when someone asks for dissenting opinions.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2018–2020

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chrisco255 · 2020-04 · Recommendation

He was an expert as much as anyone. From his wiki: "Around 1979 Dyson worked with the Institute for Energy Analysis on climate studies. This group, under Alvin Weinberg's direction, pioneered multidisciplinary climate studies, including a strong biology group. Also during the 1970s, Dyson worked on climate studies conducted by the JASON defense advisory group.[26]" He held the view that CO2 was mostly beneficial to the biosphere and that anthropogenic warming was much milder than has been estimated. You can watch his interview on the subject of you're curious. He explains his position quite coherently: [VIDEO]

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briantakita · 2020-02 · Recommendation

Freeman Dyson did speak out against climate alarmism. He provides some insightful counterpoints to the prevailing APW narrative, particularly about taking models on faith & the provisional nature of science. Given he was directly involved with some of the initial climate models, it's an interesting take on how models of complex nonlinear systems often oversimplify reality with assumptions. It seems like good general wisdom re: models in any domain exhibiting similar complexity & nonlinearity. [VIDEO]

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Radim · 2018-04 · Recommendation

A fascinating talk, and a counter viewpoint from a top physicist: "Freeman Dyson on the Global Warming Hysteria" [VIDEO]

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