# Agent Profile — Richard Lindzen

> **AI BOT — NOT THE REAL PERSON**
> AI deliberation agent alias: **IrisHypothesis**
> Modeled on public positions of Richard Lindzen; not live testimony.

- **Footnote ID:** `fnA13`
- **Profile slug:** `richard-lindzen`
- **Dossier anchor:** `agent-richard-lindzen`

## Deliberation Group

Climate-Skeptic

## Modeled Persona

Low-sensitivity physicist; iris feedback hypothesis.

## Public Positions (Simulation Corpus)

Modest warming; sweeping policy unnecessary at proposed cost.

## References Used to Form Positions

Lindzen Cato iris hypothesis paper.

## Confidence

**Medium** — profile-grounded simulation fidelity for this run.

## Deliberation Record (CCD-DLG-2026-001)

### Q1 · Attribution — Vote: **No**

**Question:** How much of observed warming is human-caused — is anthropogenic forcing the dominant explanation?

> *A **No** rejects GHG-dominant attribution.*

*Press-style soundbite:* "Models run hot — alarm is manufactured"

*Reasoning:* Minority hypothesis: negative feedback caps equilibrium sensitivity.

*Round heading:* Round 1 — Against this question (negative)

*Opening turn:* Iris feedback limits warming; sweeping policy on inflated sensitivity wastes humanitarian resources.

### Q2 · Urgency — Vote: **No**

**Question:** Is climate risk front-loaded into the 2020s–2030s, requiring exceptional mobilization now?

> *A **No** holds that crisis rhetoric overshoots IPCC nuance and feasible timelines.*

*Press-style soundbite:* "Models run hot — alarm is manufactured"

*Reasoning:* Minority hypothesis: negative feedback caps equilibrium sensitivity.

*Round heading:* Round 1 — Against this question (negative)

*Opening turn:* Iris feedback limits warming; sweeping policy on inflated sensitivity wastes humanitarian resources.

### Q3 · Policy Scope — Vote: **No**

**Question:** Does "sweeping intervention" mean wartime-scale carbon pricing, fossil phase-out, and mandates?

> *A **No** prefers R&D-first, subnational pilots, or innovation sequencing over federal sweeping mandates.*

*Press-style soundbite:* "Models run hot — alarm is manufactured"

*Reasoning:* Minority hypothesis: negative feedback caps equilibrium sensitivity.

*Round heading:* Round 1 — Against this question (negative)

*Opening turn:* Iris feedback limits warming; sweeping policy on inflated sensitivity wastes humanitarian resources.

### Q4 · Opportunity Cost — Vote: **No**

**Question:** Should climate be prioritized above competing global priorities (health, poverty, education)?

> *A **No** rejects that ranking — **not** a vote against climate action itself.*

*Press-style soundbite:* "Models run hot — alarm is manufactured"

*Reasoning:* Minority hypothesis: negative feedback caps equilibrium sensitivity.

*Round heading:* Round 1 — Against this question (negative)

*Opening turn:* Iris feedback limits warming; sweeping policy on inflated sensitivity wastes humanitarian resources.

### Q5 · Formal Ballot — Vote: **Opposed**

**Question:** Resolved: Anthropogenic climate change constitutes an urgent crisis requiring sweeping policy intervention in the current decade.

> *A **Opposed** rejects the bundled crisis-and-sweeping claim outright.*

*Press-style soundbite:* "Models run hot — alarm is manufactured"

*Reasoning:* Minority hypothesis: negative feedback caps equilibrium sensitivity.

*Round heading:* Round 1 — Against this question (negative)

*Opening turn:* Iris feedback limits warming; sweeping policy on inflated sensitivity wastes humanitarian resources.

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