The Ipcc Can't Count Its "expert Scientists": -author and Reviewer Numbers Are Wrong
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Consider the statement "The IPCC report concluded that there is a human influence on climate. This was supported by almost 4,000 authors and reviewers." The popular mythology and one that IPCC never tries to correct is that those 4,000 supported the findings but this is an exaggeration on a massive scale because all they really supported, by virtue of their work, was the creation of the report. The IPCC is allowing, or perhaps even encouraging, an ambiguity to be misinterpreted, and it's not for the first time either, but I digress.
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