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When something goes against scientific stablished consensus, onus of the proof falls into the party that argues against it, not the one that states what is curr
by wklauss 7y ago
When something goes against scientific stablished consensus, onus of the proof falls into the party that argues against it, not the one that states what is currently well known and accepted.
- aldoushuxley001 7y agoCan you cite that that’s what is “currently well known and accepted”. Burden of proof is on whoever is making the statement.
- lonelappde 7y agoThat's fine as long as you understand that the alternative is "I don't know if the claim is true", not "the claim is false".
- aldoushuxley001 7y agoYeah that's definitely the approach. It's simply an "unvalidated" statement either way, until evidence is provided to support it.
- ceejayoz 7y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_consensus_on_climate_change https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_consensus_on_climat... https://climate.nasa.gov/faq/17/do-scientists-agree-on-climate-change/ https://climate.nasa.gov/faq/17/do-scientists-agree-on-clima...
- aldoushuxley001 7y agoNot actually a citation for the statement that 'Climate change makes coral reefs suffer more', so not terribly helpful in this context.
- ceejayoz 7y agoThose are easy to find, too. https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/coralreef-climate.html https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/coralreef-climate.html