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re: Have you ever wondered where that "97% of all scientists" assertion came from?
Posted on 2/21/17 at 4:30 pm to buckeye_vol
Posted on 2/21/17 at 4:30 pm to buckeye_vol
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The problem is that any level of skepticism is countered with the 97%, BUT it's very possible that the skepticism doesn't disagree with the low bar set by the consensus figure.
The biggest issue for "skeptics" is the underlying political agenda.
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Posted on 2/21/17 at 4:32 pm to GumboPot
quote:I'd say the biggest issue for skeptics is that they're not actually skeptics. For example, an actual skeptic wouldn't blindly post a claim made in a political op-ed without checking to see if it was factually correct. They especially wouldn't then refuse to acknowledge just how much they showed their arse while frantically pivoting to a more generic argument.
The biggest issue for "skeptics" is the underlying political agenda.
This post was edited on 2/21/17 at 4:34 pm
Posted on 2/21/17 at 4:34 pm to GumboPot
quote:Which has been hijacked by politics on both sides of the issue unfortunately.
The biggest issue for "skeptics" is the underlying political agenda.
In other words, skepticism now seems to be a complete contrarian stance, when more reasonable skeptical stances would question the extent of the claims and predictions.
This post was edited on 2/21/17 at 4:36 pm
Posted on 2/21/17 at 4:35 pm to GumboPot
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The biggest issue for "skeptics" is the underlying political agenda.
A big obstacle for "skeptics" is that the earth indeed has been getting warmer every year, this summer predicted to be the hottest ever recorded. The debate is human intervention, meanwhile the most upvoted comments in these debates on this board is crap like "Climate change is complete and utter bullshite"
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