My core complaint is still your dismissal of the scientific part
of skeptics arguments without even mentioning what they are.
Briffa does seem reasonable, but Trenbarth seems quite objective and fair and unlike the others, acknowledges the weaknesses in their data and theories, as well as admits to the validity
of skeptics arguments.
Swiss Re (Reinsurance company) published a refutation
of skeptics arguments.
It is noteworthy that relatively few
of the skeptics arguments appear in peer - reviewed journals simply because their «results» can not be repeated.
This post is the Basic version (written by Anne - Marie Blackburn)
of the skeptic argument «It warmed before 1940».
This post is the Advanced version (written by dana1981)
of the skeptic argument «It's the sun».
This post is the Advanced version (written by dana1981)
of the skeptic argument «Climate sensitivity is low».
This piqued my curiosity and I started assembling a database
of skeptic arguments and what the peer - reviewed literature had to say on each topic.
This post was written by Dana Nuccitelli (dana1981) has been incorporated into the Intermediate version
of the skeptic argument «CO2 limits will harm the economy».
Basic misunderstandings like this really cut the legs out
of any skeptic argument.
NOTE: This post is the Advanced version (written by dana1981)
of the skeptic argument «It's not us».
You can now use an iPhone or iPad to view the entire list
of skeptic arguments as well as (more importantly) readily access what the science says on each argument.
This post is the Advanced version (written by dana1981)
of the skeptic argument «Hansen's 1988 prediction was wrong».
This blog post is the Basic version (written by Graham Wayne)
of the skeptic argument «Global warming is good».
I still keep the paragraph answer at the top
of each skeptic argument page.
Or is it mainly intended as a one - stop source of pro - AGW / ACC info (and rebuttals
of skeptic arguments) for reporters and other media types?
This post is the Basic version (written by Graham Wayne)
of the skeptic argument «Hurricanes aren't linked to global warming».
The palaeo climate record is an important part
of the skeptic argument against climate alarmism, specifically the absence of clear evidence of CO2 causation of warming and regulation of or correlation with temperature on all time scales.
This post is the Intermediate version (written by Dana Nuccitelli [dana1981]-RRB-
of the skeptic argument «CO2 only causes 35 % of global warming».
This post is the Basic version (written by Graham Wayne)
of the skeptic argument «Does ocean cooling prove global warming has ended?».
A mainstay
of the skeptics argument at various places is that the last 18 years of satellite observations are wildly less than the modelled (IPCC) scenarios.
Not exact matches
In response to a post by a Twitter user which said Musk should provide «some very strong
arguments in a well written blog piece to win over the (myself included)
skeptics,» the Tesla and SpaceX CEO wrote: «Movie on the subject coming soon...» Now, why hasn't anyone thought
of that before?
Then, when the
skeptic disbelieves in the space ship because
of the Chad's poor argumentation and the invisible, undetectable nature
of the space ship, Chad asks, «What investigation have you done to disbelieve in my invisible and undetectable spaceship which I can not offer any good
arguments for?»
In his search for truth, Augustine was genuinely troubled by the
Skeptics»
arguments that one can be certain
of nothing, and that careful thinking in no way provides a reliable guide to a wiser life.
I make it less about making a good
argument and more about proving myself to the
skeptics for the sake
of improving my status.
I think the best
skeptics do, but that was his
argument, and he just couldn't believe that sometimes
skeptics would dare to make fun
of a believer in whatever belief.
«The problem with [the
skeptics»]
argument is that it's as if you can cherry - pick the CO2 fertilization effect from the overall effect
of adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere,» Myers says.
In «Consilience and Consensus» [
Skeptic], Michael Shermer's
arguments demonstrate how deniers
of anthropogenic global warming (AGW) are wrong.
«The language style used by climate change
skeptics suggests that the
arguments put forth by these groups may be less credible in that they are relatively less focused upon the propagation
of evidence and more intent on refuting the opposing perspective,» said Pennycook.
Lee Smolin, a theoretical physicist at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Canada, and a
skeptic of the anthropic principle, says the paper's
argument is a novel one and that on first reading he didn't see any obvious mistakes.
As a classic indicator
of the modern climate
skeptic, he cited the IPCC's conclusions as authority for the points that he believed supported his
arguments, but dismissed the IPCC's conclusions for points that did not support his
arguments.
This is one
of the classic climate
skeptic arguments, that climate scientists are claiming that CO2 is 100 % to blame for temperature fluctuations.
Finally, for those who have drudged up the old
argument that nothing can be known for sure, something for you to consider is that if nothing can be known, if you wish to take the philosophical stance
of the ultimate
skeptic, then you have no business engaging in any persuasive arguing.
Skeptics of the active approach often cite this
argument: With information more and more readily available, markets are becoming ever more efficient and true alpha (or active return) is increasingly difficult to find.
But once a
skeptic, always a
skeptic... many people feel compelled to refute the logic
of this
argument!?
Thacker's «Viewpoint» piece spends more time questioning the motives (aka «sliming»)
skeptics by innuendo rather than discussing the substance
of their
arguments (which realclimate does better).
This is not a debate between rational scientists and some well meaning group
of honest
skeptics who use honest logic and honest reason to formulat honest
arguments against the science.
I always wonder what would happen if the higgs boson had a political
argument and that the only
skeptics of its existance are scientists themselves.
Regarding the skpetic plea that taking action would «bad for the economy» - it would be good to see some economists take that to task using an evidence based approach - the
skeptics use the «bad for the economy»
argument without any convincing evidence base that I am aware
of.
As a classic indicator
of the modern climate
skeptic, he cited the IPCC's conclusions as authority for the points that he believed supported his
arguments, but dismissed the IPCC's conclusions for points that did not support his
arguments.
This
argument reveals once again the shocking lack
of understanding
of basic physics in «climate
skeptic» circles.
i challenge anyone to come up with a web site more comprehensive in its enumeration
of all
arguments attempting to refute the validity
of the agw thesis, and, in response,
arguments in favor
of the agw thesis used to invalidate each
of the
skeptics»
arguments.
Even people with an academic degree can easily can get confused by some
of the
arguments raised by
skeptics.
Still, I thought some
of it sounded like useful topics for a post I hope to see on this site rounding up a handful
of the more plausible - sounding
skeptics»
arguments before COP - 15.
Now, as Leslie Kaufman reports in The Times, there appears to be some overlap emerging between those pressing for equal time for non-evolutionary explanations for life's diversity and those demanding equal time for
skeptics»
arguments about the causes and significance
of climate change.
Some decades ago a «climate
skeptic» could make reasoned
arguments against the reality
of global warming from fossil fuel burning.
The e-mails, attributed to prominent American and British climate researchers, include discussions
of scientific data and whether it should be released, exchanges about how best to combat the
arguments of skeptics, and casual comments — in some cases derisive — about specific people known for their skeptical views.
I had (somewhat naively; o) hoped a peer - reviewed paper explaining some
of these basic issues would go some way to preventing the promulgation
of these
arguments on climate
skeptic blogs, but
of course it didn't.
Another might be my earlier «climate class» suggestion, where true
skeptics are confronted with the same type
of arguments that are regularly produced here at RealClimate and which fall into the general category
of «plenty, but way too late», rather than the commonplace «too little and too late».
I judge
skeptics (or, indeed, any participant in the climate debates) according to their willingness to admit error, willingness to learn, and quality
of argument.