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>>For example, "95% of climate scientists agree" is not a fact about global warming. It's a fact about climate scientists, and at best a rumor about climate cha
by enraged_camel 8y ago
>>For example, "95% of climate scientists agree" is not a fact about global warming. It's a fact about climate scientists, and at best a rumor about climate change.
If 95% of climate scientists agree that something is a fact, that is not "at best a rumor" about climate change.
- mistermann 8y ago> If 95% of climate scientists agree that something is a fact, that is not "at best a rumor" about climate change. True, but if you're a big enough pedant and chase down what is actually behind the "95% of climate scientists agree" claim, you'll discover it's not actually what it's sold as, which is a shame because I believe there's probably more than enough genuine evidence that resorting to this sort of thing is unnecessary to change people's minds. To be fair, it's worked very well on most people, but there are still plenty of others on (or on the wrong side of) the fence that I suspect could have their minds changed if the ~facts were presented in the right way.
- skosch 8y agoWhat is the "right way" to convince these people? I'm genuinely curious about your research/experiential findings on this, because I'm at a loss.