I see your skepticism - at the same time - I take the data as 'crudely directional'.

'On the whole', it would rather seem we are doing some damage. We don't need perfect predictions to get that.

Second - is the issue of 'risk'.

If there were a 1% chance that your child would be kidnapped if you let them play at the park past 11pm, would you let them do it? No.

Given the level of existential risk inherent in climate change, even if there is a small chance that the climate-alarmists are correct, we basically have to confront the challenge.

Rationally - we should have a very low risk threshold for activities that constitute existential problems for us all.

I'm hugely skeptical of so many specific statements about climate change, especially the politicization and obvious 'group think' - it drives me nuts.

But at the end of the day - 'it looks like in general' there is a problem, and 'even if there is a small risk of it' - we have to do something about it.

Which is how I manage to swallow it all.

So we should take it 'with a grain of salt' but we have to take it, kind of thing.