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> [You can get good science out of stupid questions. If someone says the world is flat, maybe in proving them wrong you can calculate the curvature of the Earth more precisely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-schmidt/you-can-get-good-science-out-of-stupid-questions-if-someone-says-the/)

[Gavin Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-schmidt/)

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## Other authors on World Flat

## More by Gavin Schmidt

> [It is expected that there will be discrepancies between models and observations. However, why these arise and what one should conclude from them are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-schmidt/it-is-expected-that-there-will-be-discrepancies-between-models-and/)

[Gavin Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-schmidt/)

> [It’s the whole or it’s nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-schmidt/it-s-the-whole-or-it-s-nothing/)

[Gavin Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-schmidt/)

> [You can get good science out of stupid questions. If someone says the world is flat, maybe in proving them wrong you can calculate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-schmidt/you-can-get-good-science-out-of-stupid-questions-if-someone-says-the/)

[Gavin Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-schmidt/)

> [While the ranking of individual years can be affected by chaotic weather patterns, the long-term trends are attributable to drivers of climate change that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-schmidt/while-the-ranking-of-individual-years-can-be-affected-by-chaotic/)

[Gavin Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-schmidt/)

> [If the models are as flawed as critics say you have to ask yourself, 'How come they work?'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gavin-schmidt/if-the-models-are-as-flawed-as-critics-say-you-have-to-ask-yourself/)

[Gavin Schmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gavin-schmidt/)

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