I'm not sure the users posting from an scientific denialism perspective are actually in tune with science, though I haven't bothered exploring their profiles. A

I'm not sure the users posting from an scientific denialism perspective are actually in tune with science, though I haven't bothered exploring their profiles. A lot of technology and engineering isn't really in tune with science either, even if its brilliant. Because it is not science after all. But even people who excel in some part of science are also just people, who can be extra 'stupid' in other areas, which can even be other scientific disciplines. The 'extra' comes from an additional pitfall with people who have a track record of intellectual success in a certain area: they sometimes are overly confident on area's outside their expertise and appeal to their own authority (which they don't realize they do not have). As for this forum, I think most of the comments are actually politically motivated. There is this all consuming split between The Left and The Right, fought mostly along the frontlines of the culture wars. But somehow Climate Change ended up on The Left, and a lot of naive techbro optimism feels more at home on The Right. I imagine they don't really like dealing with things that aren't easily fixable by technology, or with the negative consequences of our technological advances as a society. Thus they resort to denial. It really is a pity, this means it is very hard to have a decent discussion about the science, and also to have an honest political conversation on what to do about it. Online conversation about this topic for the most part feels like yelling at the other guys how their sports team stink.