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No true Scotsman would say anything like that @verisimi

• verisimi 2y ago
  I know the fallacy, but I'm confused! Whose is the fallacious reasoning then, in your opinion? Is it the OP who interprets pollution to be co2, or mine as you interpret me to be narrowing the scope somehow?
  • CodeWriter23 2y ago
    Not yours, bro. :) They would claim you are not a True Scotsman because you do not blindly accept the C02 hypothesis.
  • baxtr 2y ago
    I didn’t interpret anything tbh. I just found the passage to be interesting. It’s dangerous to have an opinion on this topic on HN ;)
    • verisimi 2y ago
      It is impossible to have an opinion on this topic without being personally scorched (as opposed to being 'globally warmed'). I appreciated the research you and the OP did. I pointed out the ideas that co2 was fingered as the cause was not supported by the quote you posted. I also pointed out that a totally opposed position was also possible from the same info - that the the idea of climate alarmism. Ie you could say 'climate alarmism' has been around for a long time in order to raise fear to get the masses to move in a particular way, and that the historical facts are re-interpreted for the present day - ie that 'pollution' is the same as 'co2'.