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Landrew
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 Posted - 06/30/2009 : 07:14:43 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by BigPapaSmurf
Dave's position is far more Skeptical as he has brought up many valid points, none of which you have responded to.
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I'm not sure what good that would do, he merely invalidates anything which doesn't support his conclusions. I don't challenge his "valid points" because I'm not a climate scientist, I doubt any of us are; I'm merely not convinced to his degree, which I'm sure is a more scientific attitude than being convinced, especially when there is so much controversy about these "facts." |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
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Posted - 06/30/2009 : 07:18:28 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Landrew
I've made my case, and it's simply that I don't share all your certitudes about global warming. |
The question is: why not? What is wrong with the evidence collected and presented by climate scientists? What is wrong with their logic and conclusions, based upon that evidence?| Which is the more skeptical position; having conclusions about a complex phenomenon or not having them? |
Doubt in the face of solid evidence is not skepticism, it is denialism. |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
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Posted - 06/30/2009 : 07:23:23 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Landrew
I'm not sure what good that would do, he merely invalidates anything which doesn't support his conclusions. |
Thank you for agreeing that what you've said is, in fact, invalid.| I don't challenge his "valid points" because I'm not a climate scientist, I doubt any of us are; I'm merely not convinced to his degree, which I'm sure is a more scientific attitude than being convinced, especially when there is so much controversy about these "facts." |
There is no controversy: there is a "manufactroversy" created by a relatively small number of people who often aren't climate scientists and who are often funded by fossil-fuel companies. |
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Ricky
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Dude
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 06/30/2009 : 13:22:44 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Landrew
Originally posted by Dave W.
Originally posted by Landrew
| Check out the Maunder minimum. |
I have, and so have the experts. Whether there's a causal connection between sunspot activity and Earth temperatures is unclear. Concluding that they are causally connected, which is what is required to make your argument, is unsupported by evidence and thus unskeptical.| Excuse me, but I'm not entirely convinced that we know as much about this phenomenon as some of us claim. |
Then why do you keep repeating the "Maunder Minimum" mantra?[quote]It seems like basic intellectual honesty to me; how's that for skepticism? |
Intellectual honesty seems to me to demand that we accept that CO2 is a greenhouse gas (regardless of its source) and that we accept that sunspot activity has not been shown to be a cause of global temperature shifts (is there an 11-year correlation?).
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I've made my case, and it's simply that I don't share all your certitudes about global warming.
Which is the more skeptical position; having conclusions about a complex phenomenon or not having them?
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Your failure to comprehend the evidence in favor of anthropogenic climate change is the problem here. Applied skepticism doesn't allow you to be willfully ignorant.
You can educate yourself by clicking this link and reading. Start with the SPM (summary for policy makers) if you lack a working knowledge of physical sciences.
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
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Posted - 06/30/2009 : 14:00:11 [Permalink]
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| Hey, Landrew: does your skepticism extend to evolution, which is at least as complex an issue as AGW and has a much, much larger manufactroversy? |
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Landrew
New Member
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Posted - 06/30/2009 : 16:36:36 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
Hey, Landrew: does your skepticism extend to evolution, which is at least as complex an issue as AGW and has a much, much larger manufactroversy?
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Some things I doubt, and some things I accept, and who can say for sure my accuracy quotient?
But one thing I know, is that the longer you spend being skeptical of a conclusion, the better informed that conclusion is apt to be. |
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Dude
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 06/30/2009 : 17:09:05 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Landrew
Originally posted by Dave W.
Hey, Landrew: does your skepticism extend to evolution, which is at least as complex an issue as AGW and has a much, much larger manufactroversy?
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Some things I doubt, and some things I accept, and who can say for sure my accuracy quotient?
But one thing I know, is that the longer you spend being skeptical of a conclusion, the better informed that conclusion is apt to be.
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Or you could inform yourself, learn the relevant facts, assess the scientific consensus, and shed your willful ignorance.
Why do I suspect you intend to do none of those things? Hmmm....
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Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrong.
-- Thomas Jefferson
"god :: the last refuge of a man with no answers and no argument." - G. Carlin
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
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Posted - 06/30/2009 : 18:52:07 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Landrew
Some things I doubt, and some things I accept, and who can say for sure my accuracy quotient? |
So you embrace your inconsistency?| But one thing I know, is that the longer you spend being skeptical of a conclusion, the better informed that conclusion is apt to be. |
That's why we learn the evidence. That's what being skeptical is all about. Not doing so is simply to wallow in ignorance.
While it's true that nobody can know everything, when you don't know, it's okay to say, "I don't know" and leave it at that. If you don't know the evidence well enough to even argue about AGW (and it's clear that you don't, or you're being cagey), then you don't know enough to even claim that "...Randi is merely practicing healthy skepticism towards a political agenda..." You don't seem to be willing to even support your conclusion that there is a controversy. |
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Landrew
New Member
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Posted - 06/30/2009 : 22:19:10 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dude
Originally posted by Landrew
Originally posted by Dave W.
Hey, Landrew: does your skepticism extend to evolution, which is at least as complex an issue as AGW and has a much, much larger manufactroversy?
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Some things I doubt, and some things I accept, and who can say for sure my accuracy quotient?
But one thing I know, is that the longer you spend being skeptical of a conclusion, the better informed that conclusion is apt to be.
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Or you could inform yourself, learn the relevant facts, assess the scientific consensus, and shed your willful ignorance.
Why do I suspect you intend to do none of those things? Hmmm....
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Actually, you can't inform yourself of anything from a position of certitude. Only by employing willful uncertainty can you become open to potential new knowledge. |
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Dude
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 07/01/2009 : 07:21:03 [Permalink]
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So, just a troll after all.... /sigh
Oh well, good luck with that.
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Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrong.
-- Thomas Jefferson
"god :: the last refuge of a man with no answers and no argument." - G. Carlin
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
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Posted - 07/01/2009 : 11:24:39 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Landrew
Actually, you can't inform yourself of anything from a position of certitude. Only by employing willful uncertainty can you become open to potential new knowledge.
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Are you so arrogant that it hasn't crossed your mind that most of us already have started out being skeptical, critically analysed the topics of anthropogenic global warming (or evolution for that matter) and finally after critical analysis come to the tentative conclusion that AGW and evolution are scientifically well supported theories? Hell, even IPCC scientists says that the conclusions are tentative (though very strong) so noone is preaching absolute gospel here. No one is claiming certitude. That's your misrepresentation of our position.
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Dude
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 07/01/2009 : 16:20:27 [Permalink]
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Mab, he is just trolling for a response. He is a bit less retarded than some of our other trolls... but he is just looking to be banned from the forums and/or start a nice fight.
His stated assumption of our certitude (ironically that is the only thing anyone has stated with certitude) is a poorly constructed straw-man and he is just trying to set it on fire.
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Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrong.
-- Thomas Jefferson
"god :: the last refuge of a man with no answers and no argument." - G. Carlin
Hope, n.
The handmaiden of desperation; the opiate of despair; the illegible signpost on the road to perdition. ~~ da filth |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 07/02/2009 : 15:53:55 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Landrew
Originally posted by Dave W.
Hey, Landrew: does your skepticism extend to evolution, which is at least as complex an issue as AGW and has a much, much larger manufactroversy?
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Some things I doubt, and some things I accept, and who can say for sure my accuracy quotient?
But one thing I know, is that the longer you spend being skeptical of a conclusion, the better informed that conclusion is apt to be.
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So, you refuse to answer, huh?
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skeptic griggsy
Skeptic Friend
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| Dr.Mabuse, amean and indeed! And the Bible made us atheists! |
Fr. Griggs rests in his Socratic ignorance and humble naturalism. Logic is the bane of theists.Religion is mythinformation. Reason saves, not a dead Galilean fanatic. |
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Randi and Global Warming
