Our Knowledge of the World is Often Not Simple: Policymakers Should Not Duck that Fact, But Should Deal with It.

The author offers information on the need of policymakers to analyze the world in policymaking with methodologies that do not mask the fundamental disagreement within the community. He presents a graph showing a survey conducted among ocean science experts regarding the shutdown of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation as a result of global warming. He mentions that a decision maker should consider the reasoning of an underlying opinion.