"Another climate change story on HN where the top comment is a denier citing logical fallacies about how statistics and science work." You don't have to be a "

"Another climate change story on HN where the top comment is a denier citing logical fallacies about how statistics and science work." You don't have to be a "denier" to be annoyed by hearing that the "most (X) ever" is based on ~150 years of observations. Plenty of well meaning, properly liberal, progressive thinkers that you would (presumably) approve of are also annoyed by this. It's a reasonable comment and a reasonable sentiment. Don't let your emotional attachment to the "us vs. them" narrative or your addiction to righteous indignation blind you to the simple (and obvious, non-controversial) objection (the parent) has.