Spokesman.com | Man’s heavy footprint threatens Nature’s diversity

Now, if my delusion was purely personal, no great harm. But imagine tens of millions of people taking something equally nonsensical as true, with said belief guiding, in part, nontrivial matters such as who they vote for, how they raise their kids, even their entire stance vis-a-vis the world as a whole.

Now that might matter.

Leland Teschler's Editorial: When You Can’t Believe the Model | Machine Design

Interestingly enough, Groenendaal suggests skepticism is also in order for an equally controversial area of modeling: climate change.

“Climate change is similar to financial markets in that you can’t run experiments with it as you might when you are formulating theories in physics. That means your skepticism should go up,” he says.

We might add there is one other similarity he didn’t mention: It is doubtful anyone was ever fired for screwing up a climate model.

Warming to some paid opinions | Frankston City Council in Melbourne to hire a "Climate Change Officer"

Sceptics may starve, while the gullible prosper.

“Is that your opinion or your career?”