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Let me preface this by saying that the 1971 doom-prophecies do cast a bad light on global warming and the change of opinion needs to be publicly addressed by Ha
by viergroupie 19y ago
Let me preface this by saying that the 1971 doom-prophecies do cast a bad light on global warming and the change of opinion needs to be publicly addressed by Hansen.
Now, having said that...this article appears to have been written in an Exxon boardroom by a committee of chuckling robber-barrons in top hats...being served a puree made from the hearts of orphans.
- lupin_sansei 19y agoLogic 101: just because Exxon might have written a report against AGW it doesn't automatically mean that it's false and can be dismissed without further consideration http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem
- aswanson 19y agoIt doesn't mean that it can immediately be dismissed, but you can certainly take into account prior or perceived behaviour of a party when making a claim, especially if they have strong economic motive to deceive you. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=691641 http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=691641