In Reply to: Brother, be very very skeptical posted by blindness on May 22, 2026 at 11:13:36
can tell when something doesn't seem right. But I think it does a lot better job pulling up older information than newer information.
I will give an example. I have seen 97% of scientists say climate change is real. So what if I asked Chat GPT and it said that is a falsehood spreading across the internet? Now I have to research whether Chat GPT is wrong or telling the truth.
So it gives me this detailed information. Why would I not believe what it is saying here?
yes, roughly that level of consensus is real—but it depends on how you define “scientists” and “believe.”
Where the “97%” comes from
The number is most often traced to studies like one by John Cook and colleagues (2013). They reviewed thousands of peer-reviewed papers and found that about 97% of papers expressing a position agreed that human activity is causing global warming.
Other independent analyses have found similar results:
Surveys of actively publishing climate scientists have shown 90–100% agreement
Reviews of scientific literature consistently find overwhelming support for human-caused climate change
What scientists actually agree on
The consensus isn’t just “climate change is real” (that’s been known for over a century). It’s more specific:
The Earth is warming
Human activities (especially burning fossil fuels) are the primary cause
This warming has significant environmental impacts
This position is supported by major scientific organizations like:
NASA
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
American Association for the Advancement of Science