B_Hickboy
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Is there?Studies are generally analyses of the data carried out by people, drawing conclusions. Papers will, almost always, be mostly analysis. Employing incorrect statistical analyses to a dataset can have a drastic effect on the results. Data can be made to give, intentionally or not, a misleading message about the process being studied.
I am glad you are so optimistic about the average person's ability to garner an in-depth understanding of a complex scientific topic like climate change with only "a little education". I do not share that optimism, sadly.
Also, is there really the need for the antagonistic tone?
Some people would take a sneer as "antagonistic", to use your term. But then, as you assume the mantle of "Science", you don't need to care about your own tone, and have the right to give everybody else a dressing down about theirs.
Your superiority exists only in your own mind.