Perceptions of Climate Science

The main issues i have found pertaining to climate science are the perception of individuals actually studying it and the idea that in order to change something people need to be 100% certain (or at least 95%). This makes for an incredibly easy excuse for anyone that would benefit from seeing progress in climate science slowed or halted. By simply questioning the qualifications or attacking the character or political stance of a scientist, global leaders in politics and big business can nullify any point being made. Due to the widespread acceptance of a 95% confidence interval as the determining factor behind legitimizing scientific research it makes it impossible to actually make progress in the field. The issue here is that as of now its just to early to say we're 95% confident in anything having to do with global temperature rise. However, by the time that we can it will be far too late to change the course we've set ourselves on. If there is any hope to change in the future, first perceptions of the general public must be changed and second, perhaps more important interpretations of scientific data's relevance must change as well. A presidential candidate Ben Carson publicly stated that he though climate change is irrelevant. Not that it didn't exist, which could be stomach able, but that he looked at the data, it wasn't conclusive and therefore, irrelevant because the Earth is constantly warming and cooling. These types of things in the news only perpetuate the seeding of doubt in the American people. Misperceptions and misinterpretations of data blocked the path for progress.