Donald Goes Full Fredo...

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by whell

News flash: "consensus" ain't science, bucko.

When you spout ignorant crap like the above, don't be surprised when nobody takes you seriously, dude.

[whell]

Originally Posted by bobabode

When you spout ignorant crap like the above, don't be surprised when nobody takes you seriously, dude.

If you have something intelligent to contribute, by all means do so. Otherwise, I'll put this comment in the same low level bucket as Chick's description of "opinion".

http://physicstoday.scitation.org/do...T.5.8071/full/

[Chicks]

Originally Posted by whell

http://physicstoday.scitation.org/do...T.5.8071/full/

Ten days after Koonin wrote this, Jeffrey Kluger in Time [11] called Koonin's piece disingenuous if not dishonest. Koonin simply used the old debating trick of setting up a strawman to knock down by misconstruing what climate scientists mean when they say the climate debate is "settled." "...they mean that the fake debate over whether climate change is a vast hoax is finished," writes Kluger. He goes on to state that every point Koonin made is and has for years been widely acknowledged by climate scientists, very few of whom utilize the kind of overzealous language their critics commonly use.


You remind me of the dogmatic religious conservatives who doubted Copernicus and persecuted Galileo. You types just never learn, because you are blinded by beliefs.

[whell]

Originally Posted by Chicks

You remind me of the dogmatic religious conservatives who doubted Copernicus and persecuted Galileo. You types just never learn, because you are blinded by beliefs.

Interesting that you use that reference. Copernicus and Galileo opposed the "scientific consensus" of their day. The consensus of their day was rooted in religion. Your consensus is rooted in politics. Either way, the "science" behind that consensus is compromised. Its you and folks who think like you who are "blinded by beliefs".

The US accounts for only about 15% of the annual greenhouse gas emissions and falling, while China accounts for 25% and rising. Yet, the US is the target of the world's ire when it comes to climate change. So, why yell at "conservatives"? Why not go bitch at the Chinese?

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by whell

Interesting that you use that reference. Copernicus and Galileo opposed the "scientific consensus" of their day. The consensus of their day was rooted in religion...

You obviously lack the awareness to realize that the GOP's anti-science stance is largely rooted in their religious beliefs and fealty to the Evangelical community.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poste...te-change-god/

[whell]

Originally Posted by finnbow

You obviously lack the awareness to realize that the GOP's anti-science stance is largely rooted in their religious beliefs and fealty to the Evangelical community.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poste...te-change-god/

That's one of the left's favorite allegations, of course.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by whell

That's one of the left's favorite allegations, of course.

It is, of course, absolutely true. Today's Religious Right is analogous to the flat-earthers of Galileo's time.