Uncertainty Can't Be an Excuse for Climate Inaction, Researchers Argue | There's even a term for it: scientific certainty argumentation methods, or SCAMs. The sociologist William Freudenburg coined the acronym in 2008 "with the pun intended," said Lewandowsky.

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Uncertainty Can't Be an Excuse for Climate Inaction, Researchers Argue | There's even a term for it: scientific certainty argumentation methods, or SCAMs. The sociologist William Freudenburg coined the acronym in 2008 "with the pun intended," said Lewandowsky.