This strange result has nothing to do with forecasters making exaggerated claims, or with the innate cussedness of the climate.
Donald M. Kerr, a former director of the Los Alamos weapons lab who was recently briefed on G.E.’s advance, said in an interview that it looked like a breakthrough after decades of exaggerated claims.
Outraged book publishers and booksellers are making exaggerated claims about how the discounts will devalue books and wreck the industry.