Yes it is. For example, if CO2 concentrations and/or global temperatures went down by much more than the measurement uncertainties, the claim would be falsified.
For example, “because CO2 is a greenhouse gas, and because there’s a lot more of it around than there used to be, that CO2 cascades into a warming event” is a not-quantified claim.
The claim doesn’t mention any measurement uncertainties. Moreover, the actual claim is “CO2 cascades into a warming event” and, y’know, it’s just an event. Maybe it’s an event with a tiny magnitude, maybe another event happens which counterbalances the CO2 effect, maybe the event ends, who knows…
The claim doesn’t mention any measurement uncertainties.
That’s why I said “much more”. If I claimed “X is greater than Y” and it turned out that X = 15±1 and Y = 47±1, would my claim not be falsified because it didn’t mention measurement uncertainties?
Yes it is. For example, if CO2 concentrations and/or global temperatures went down by much more than the measurement uncertainties, the claim would be falsified.
I said:
The claim doesn’t mention any measurement uncertainties. Moreover, the actual claim is “CO2 cascades into a warming event” and, y’know, it’s just an event. Maybe it’s an event with a tiny magnitude, maybe another event happens which counterbalances the CO2 effect, maybe the event ends, who knows…
That’s why I said “much more”. If I claimed “X is greater than Y” and it turned out that X = 15±1 and Y = 47±1, would my claim not be falsified because it didn’t mention measurement uncertainties?