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  "path": "/2026/02/05/more-on-the-federal-judicial-center-and-the-attribution-scam/",
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  "site": "https://wattsupwiththat.com",
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  "textContent": "The heart of the problem is that science is all about hypotheses being subject to empirical test against real world evidence. But the “attribution” studies and their methodology seek to evade that necessary step. Instead these studies claim to validate their attributions by reference to things like “physical understanding” and models that have not been empirically validated.",
  "title": "More On The Federal Judicial Center And The Attribution Scam"
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