"Climate Hansenism: The Gospel of the Guesstimate" - By Grinner&Associates In the land of Climatonia, there lived a revered oracle named Dr. Hansen.
He didn’t wear robes or carry a staff—he wielded climate models.
These were no ordinary models; they were sacred scrolls of simulation, capable of predicting everything… and nothing… all at once.
The followers of Hansenism gathered weekly in the Temple of Consensus, where they chanted the sacred mantra: “Consistent with the models… Consistent with the models…”
The followers of Hansenism gathered weekly in the Temple of Consensus, where they chanted the sacred mantra: “Consistent with the models… Consistent with the models…”
One day, Hansen proclaimed: “By the year 2013, the Arctic shall be ice-free in summer!”
The crowd gasped.The skeptics scoffed. The media rejoiced.
But 2013 came and went.The Arctic still had ice.
The faithful responded: “Ah, but the trend was correct. The timing was symbolic. The models were… directionally accurate.”...
And so, Climate Hansenism thrived—not because it was always right, but because it was never wrong...
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