It seems hard to be certain what the true probability happens to be that global warming increases the frequency of floods. On the other hand it’s easy to be certain about the probability that the latest IPCC report gives to that event.
In a similar sense you can ask about “How many percent of Muslims in the UK believe according to the GSS that homosexuality should be punishable by death?”
When talking about deaths due to Chernobyl you can argue whether you should or shouldn’t count those who got depressive and committed suicide afterwards but you get a clear number from the UNSCEAR assessments of the Chernobyl accident.
If you word your questions to say “What does authoritative source X say about Y”, you can have certain answers.
It seems hard to be certain what the true probability happens to be that global warming increases the frequency of floods. On the other hand it’s easy to be certain about the probability that the latest IPCC report gives to that event.
In a similar sense you can ask about “How many percent of Muslims in the UK believe according to the GSS that homosexuality should be punishable by death?”
When talking about deaths due to Chernobyl you can argue whether you should or shouldn’t count those who got depressive and committed suicide afterwards but you get a clear number from the UNSCEAR assessments of the Chernobyl accident.
If you word your questions to say “What does authoritative source X say about Y”, you can have certain answers.