Many scientists... are... subject to such foolishness... One flagrant example is... global warming... These scientists initially ignored the fact tha… - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Many scientists... are... subject to such foolishness... One flagrant example is... global warming... These scientists initially ignored the fact that these [high temperature] spikes, although rare, had the effect of adding disproportionately to the cumulative melting of the ice caps. ...[A]n event, although rare, that brings large consequences cannot be ignored.