It's like a shoot - em - up
with the skeptical arguments.
Not exact matches
If two millennia of
argument have not finished off Gnosticism, that most protean of heresies, it seems unlikely that contemporary
arguments, no matter how persuasive orthodox believers may find them, will do the job
with the unconverted, the
skeptical, or the hostile.
Though these
arguments sound simple, Plantinga worked them out
with great intricacy and depth, and his book moved many
skeptical minds toward belief.
The purely rhetorical
argument that the «party of Lincoln» hasn't wavered in character isn't new; in 2013, continuing a newish post-federal election tradition, Rand Paul became the latest Republican to speak at Howard University to make that case to a crowd rightly
skeptical of the idea that the GOP post-Nixon can claim legitimate continuity
with its own past.
Essays, speeches and interviews... come from students, parents and government officials, providing a comprehensive guide to the pitfalls of standardized testing,
with arguments to win over even the most
skeptical school reformer.
Skeptical Science's list,
with points assigned to individual AGW - denialist
arguments, could be a place to start.
Even people who don't agree
with me on everything and are somewhat of a
skeptical bent should see some advantage in making common cause to get rid of the junk science
arguments being made by a lot of the skeptics.
This document was recently released to the public and features the human fingerprints of global warming along
with rebuttals of some of the more common
skeptical arguments.
Apparently you are not familiar
with the
skeptical counter
arguments and I am not about to try to teach you now.
If I believed his
arguments with you and other
skeptical scientists were purely scientific, I to would take your position.
If someone is
skeptical of the «science» then simply state your case and answer the
arguments against the claims you are making
with facts and allow them to make up their own mind.
Unless any of the many, many people who have argued against the conclusion that Jelbring's work is completely wrong and should have never been accepted in the first place wish to keep arguing, perhaps the more polite ones can concede in one last post and we can wrap this up and move on to N&Z, the «existence» of a real, live GHE, and maybe, just maybe, get to where the
skeptical arguments on the list are much better informed and less likely to play fast and loose
with the laws of nature or thermodynamics.
Participants broke up into pairs
with one playing the contrarian, given a skeptic
argument, and the other rebutting the skeptic
argument with the
Skeptical Science paragraphs as source material (I have to confess it would've been fun getting to be the contrarian).
In the report (PDF), which recants many of the popular
skeptical arguments regarding climate change, Schwartz claims that [Al] «Gore's brand of over-the-top climate hysteria has nothing to do
with reality,» and that «Most of the greenhouse effect is natural and is due to water vapor naturally in the atmosphere, as well as natural levels of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane, and a few other greenhouse gases.»
I try to argue science
with skeptical science and Hufpost and they block my polite posts because they can't refute my
arguments.
Jim D writes «I keep drumming on this issue, because 3.7 W / m2 is a number that even
skeptical scientists agree
with, and the
arguments get muddied by feedback discussions instead of the importance and unprecedentedness of this forcing in our climate.»
I keep drumming on this issue, because 3.7 W / m2 is a number that even
skeptical scientists agree
with, and the
arguments get muddied by feedback discussions instead of the importance and unprecedentedness of this forcing in our climate.
Delingpole was on first and gave a typical performance stuffed to the gills
with strawman
arguments and many «usual suspect» talking points that we have debunked beyond death here at
Skeptical Science - «no warming since 1997», of course, plus a few throwaway comments about yoghourt - weavers and eco-loons, accompanied by much spirited heckling.
The most often heard «
skeptical»
arguments are mentioned here,
with an easily understandable rebuttal.
I only sat through the first two speakers, but I was impressed
with how nearly (and perhaps) all of the scientific
arguments were fallacies straight out of
Skeptical Science.
Given some of the
arguments against AGW, and its close relationship
with oil & gas and mining, some people might have expected that GSA may have adopted either a neutral or
skeptical position on AGW.
There are several posts on
Skeptical Science (also check the «
argument» page and recent archives),
with links to published papers, as well.
Re RC's review of Koutsiyanis, I think they took issue
with them relying very strongly on long discredited
arguments from deep inside the «
skeptical» corner.
Please review the use of experts
with your MacLean Law family lawyer and learn more about how some judges and legal counsel have become somewhat
skeptical of the use of experts, who now are often giving
argument under the guise of «expert opinion evidence.»
A lot of our
arguments have to do
with me being
skeptical about him cheating on me, even though he doesn't really give me reasons to think so.