Archived Climate Change Skeptics Welcome Open Debate Under Trump Presidency (breitbart.com)
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Archived Climate Change Skeptics Welcome Open Debate Under Trump Presidency (breitbart.com)
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[–] TheStapler ago (edited ago)
We accept the science on race (it is real), on evolution (it happened), on gender (there are two and only two of them)... and NOT the science on this one other thing, climate change? They accept scientific consensus on a million other things despite not having seen it with their own eyes, but not this? Why do people insist on denying it? The least you can do is admit that it's real, and that you don't think we need to worry about it.
[–] guinness2 [S] ago
Shouldn't you be open-minded about those things too?
Just because a man on the television tells you something, does not make it true.
Just because a room full of "experts" tells you something, does not make it true.
Just because 20,00 men wearing lab coats tell you something, does not make it true either.
I'd recommend you not allow your opinions to be based on the thoughts and agendas in other people's heads, but instead ask some simple questions about what "scientists" claim: such as "Where is their funding coming from?".
[–] TheStapler ago
The logic is basically that I'm not an expert on climate, or any of those other things, and neither is anyone else on this board. So, the best I can do is believe the people who experts on it. Nobody can be an expert in everything, but if you understand the scientific method you understand that scientific consensus is a pretty solid basis.
Obviously religious figures are not scientists.
Advertisements are lies. Physicians are not scientists, they practice medicine as they are taught to. Nowadays we have laws against saying that medical experts approve of smoking. That's because it was clearly linked to illness by science.
Where is the funding for the climate change deniers coming from, for that matter? The answer to that question is well known. They are funded by oil companies and other profiteers who couldn't care less about ecology.