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Why not destroy such sceptics (on HN or anywhere else) regarding the rate of climate change and related topics? All you have to do is demonstrate that the data
by vixen99 6y ago
Why not destroy such sceptics (on HN or anywhere else) regarding the rate of climate change and related topics? All you have to do is demonstrate that the data presented by them & their interpretation is garbage, nonsense or whatever else you want to call it. Must surely be easier than presenting a classic logical fallacy - argument by authority and thinking that nails it.
Maybe the link is indeed total rubbish but talking about man-hours and 'trained PhD's' is irrelevant. Feynman explains nicely: https://youtu.be/EYPapE-3FRw https://youtu.be/EYPapE-3FRw. Science is a matter of a debate on facts versus theory not a vote-counting appeal on behalf of the supposed position of an ill-defined electorate.
- ceejayoz 6y agoI can demonstrate to someone that the Earth is round, but it'll never convince a Flat Earther. Said skeptics have been repeatedly debunked, here and elsewhere. There's more to it than merely being right. As an example, a sitting US Senator used "it snowed in winter" to "debunk" the idea of climate change. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/02/26/jim-inhofes-snowball-has-disproven-climate-change-once-and-for-all/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/02/26/ji...
- ctdonath 6y agoIndeed. I presented facts, he resorts to insults. Who's scientific?
- aww_dang 6y agoScientism dictates that the ordained technocrats have an exclusive license on what is science-y. Apparently incivility is fine when it supports the establishment consensus. Intellectual curiosity indeed.