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“All scientists should be skeptics. The reason why is that, even with the best of scientific measurements, we can come up with all kinds of explanations of what those measurements mean in terms of cause and effect, and yet most of those explanations are wrong. It's really easy to be wrong in science ... it's really hard to be right.”

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Roy Spencer is an American climatologist born on December 20, 1955. He is renowned for his research in satellite remote sensing, particularly in the measurement of clouds and atmospheric temperatures. Spencer has had a significant impact in the field of climate science, particularly in the study of climate change and global warming. more

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