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Reply to "Global Warming? God Said So!"

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Originally posted by zippadeedoodah:
And good old Dr. Hansen is very tolerant of dissent:

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The "contrarian" Hansen referred to, Dr. John Christy, is director of the Earth System Science Center at the University of Alabama and a panelist on the National Academy of Science's report on temperature reconstructions. His testimony covered research he has conducted on the effect that land use and urbanization have on temperature change, and the observed "shortcomings" of climate models to reflect these effects.

This un-classy display of intolerance was topped last September when Dr. Hansen reported to the Denver Post that "Some of this noise won't stop until some of these scientists are dead."


...referring to GW "deniers". Also referred to as follows:

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Those who question if that's a fact are no longer simply nay-sayers or skeptics. They are flat-earthers, "known liars," and war criminals.


This approach to honest scientific inquiry is quite fascist.

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Zippy,

From your article, Climate change is an immensely complex issue. While there is agreement among scientists that warming is occurring and human activity may be partly responsible, how much warming and how much of it is from anthropogenic causes is widely disputed.

I agree with nearly the entire premise of the article but especially with the above statement which is nearly identical to what I ahve been stating here all along.

This is an immensely complex issue. One that no one here is qualified to wrap their heads around. It is wrought with very hotly debated issues at nearly every jhuncture. Until the science is settled, that is how science works and why I cherish it so.

But the sheer complexity is why I believe that the only rational thing we laymen can do is stick to the consensus. The consensus is that GW is real is is probably man made.

This very forum is a microcosm of the debate. There are those here who absolutely will not accept the fact that the globe is warming. They are the "flat earth" people your excellent article referred to. Nash, LMM and Interventor and a couple of others appear to be unwilling to rationally examine the evidence. Despite repeated request to bolster their arguments with facts, they only offer opinion (or, in LMM's case, cite data that agrees with me).

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