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All popular treatments I've found assume belief in anthropogenic climate change as given. So far I've found not one accessible source that lays out the evidence
by aazaa 7y ago
All popular treatments I've found assume belief in anthropogenic climate change as given. So far I've found not one accessible source that lays out the evidence in a way that non-experts can follow. Something that uses scientific facts to build a case that ordinary people can follow like what we see in works like 1491, Sapiens, or Oxygen.
What I find inexcusable is climate activists who assume that people who are skeptical of the link between human activity and climate change are idiots. Those claiming the link have the burden of proof, and they've done a pitiful job of presenting the actual evidence.
Your dad is completely justified in his skepticism.
For example, New York was under a kilometer of ice a mere 20,000 years ago. Ditto with many other places in the world. The fact that we see glaciers in retreat and overall warming is entirely consistent with a warming trend that ended the Pleistocene Era and paved the way for civilization as we know it.
Those making extraordinary claims (humans are warming the planet) must provide extraordinary evidence. And that has never been done.
- bjourne 7y agoSo what you're saying is "I do not know of any evidence showing a conclusive link between co2 emissions from human activity and rising temperatures?" What would change your mind? If the answer is "evidence," then exactly what kind of evidence would be required?
- afarrell 7y agoWhen I read aazaa say > What I find inexcusable is climate activists who assume that people who are skeptical of the link between human activity and climate change are idiots. Those claiming the link have the burden of proof, and they've done a pitiful job of presenting the actual evidence. I think thats the actual complaint. Consider the essay The Categories Were Made for the Man[1] written by psychiatrist Scott Alexander about the phenomenon of gender dysphoria and whether we should use people’s preferred pronouns. The essay includes this paragraph about the opposing position: > I take this argument seriously, because sticking to the truth really is important. But having taken it seriously, I think it’s seriously wrong. This attitude seems to be what aazaa is seeking: one which takes seriously its burden to pursuade. [1] https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/11/21/the-categories-were-made-for-man-not-man-for-the-categories/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/11/21/the-categories-were-ma...