This TED Talk features meteorologist J. Marshall Shepard recorded live at TEDx UGA 2018.

Now, I'm a meteorologist by degree. I have a bachelor's, master's, and PhD in physical meteorology.

So I'm a meteorologist, card carrying. And so with that comes four four questions always. This is one prediction I will

always get right. And those questions are, Marshall, what channel are you on? Dr. Shepherd,

what's the weather going to be tomorrow?

And oh, I love this one.

My daughter's getting married next September.

It's an outdoor wedding.

Is it going to rain?

Not kidding.

I get those.

And I don't know the answer to that.

The science isn't there.

But the one I get a lot these days is, Dr. Shepherd, do you believe in climate change?

Do you believe in global warming? Now, I have to gather myself every time I get that question because it's an ill-posed question. Science isn't a belief system. My son, he's 10, he believes in the

tooth fairy. And he needs to get over that because I'm losing dollars fast. But he

believes in the tooth fairy. But consider this. Bank of America building there in Atlanta.

You never hear anyone say, do you believe if you go to the top of that building and throw a ball off, it's going to fall?

You never hear that, because gravity is a thing.

So why don't we hear the question, do you believe in gravity?

But of course we hear the question, do you believe in gravity? But of course we hear the question, do you believe in global warming?

Well, consider these facts.

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