claim: Skeptics hope that Postma’s alternative thermal model will lead  to the birth of a new climatology, one that actually follows the laws of  physics and properly physical modeling techniques...
evidence: Theoretical advances may consist in setting aside old, incorrect paradigms ( e.g., aether theory of light propagation, caloric theory of heat, burning consisting of evolving phlogiston, or astronomical bodies revolving around the Earth ) or may be an alternative model that provides answers that are more accurate or that can be more widely applied.