Not exact matches
«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.
But once a
skeptic, always a
skeptic... many people feel compelled to
refute the logic of this
argument!?
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.
A few weeks ago Kevin Drum argued that global warming added 3 inches to Sandy's 14 - foot storm surge, which he said was an
argument that totally
refuted skeptics and justified massive government restrictions on energy consumption (or whatever).
Any reasonable anthropogenic global warming
skeptic should be open to persuasion provided that convincing
arguments are presented, but where are the convincing
arguments refuting those of Dr. Nicol, Dr. Spencer and Dr. Tsonis.
Or, if you want another burrowing mammal analogy, being a climate
skeptic has become a giant game of Wack - a-Mole, with each day bringing a new flawed
argument from alarmist that must be
refuted.
On AGW skeptical blogs, however, just as is the case on conspiracy theory blogs of any kind (e.g. vaccination, moon landing, 9/11), it seems like there is a tacit agreement between fellow
skeptics, and also the blog host, never to point out that an idea is flat out wrong or an
argument flat out illogical so long as it purports to
refute the «official» account.
I wavier in this, in that sometimes he is good at
refuting poor skeptical
arguments, although he usually includes the a gratuitous insult at the entire
skeptic community in that response.
The
argument to «learn what else drives climate» is a complete red herring, as if scientists are not already figuring out everything they can (which in turn is then being repeatedly re shaped to use to try to
refute Climate Change by «
skeptic» websites, as is everything), and is just used as another false refutation of, or confusion on, the basic assessment and risk range that the at this point fairly well known and well substantiated general concept of Climate Change represents.
Skeptics vigorously criticise any evidence that supports man - made global warming and yet embrace any
argument, op - ed, blog or study that
refutes global warming.