It is absolutely essential that one should be neutral and not fall in love with the hypothesis.
One finds the truth by making a hypothesis and comparing observations with the hypothesis.
If the facts are contrary to any predictions, then the hypothesis is wrong no matter how appealing.
On the whole, the evidence indicates that model trends in the troposphere are very likely inconsistent with observations.
However, the models also predict unambiguously that the atmosphere is warming faster than the surface of the earth; but all the available observational data unambiguously shows the opposite!
Indeed, scientific truth by consensus has had a uniformly bad history.
Truth in science is always determined from observational facts.
It is disappointing and embarrassing to the science profession that some Nobel Laureates would deliberately use their well deserved scientific reputations and hold themselves out as experts in other fields.
