Public radio host asked my opinion on "climate change." Outraged when I said, "I don't have one. Not physicist & climatology's complicated."https://twitter.com/primalpoly/status/922177245350805505 …
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Replying to @amyalkon
Much better to say you have no opinion when you lack information. I got so many negative reactions to saying this, I had to make this:pic.twitter.com/lXxFP4lllL
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Replying to @HPluckrose @amyalkon
But how far would this self-denial go? Is it best not to express opinion about evolution vs. creationism because not a biologist?
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Replying to @Friedmanzone @amyalkon
I'm not suggesting needing professional qualifications. Just having informed yourself enough to feel able to have an opinion.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @amyalkon
Fair enough. I think, on climate change, one by now has to strain to avoid absorbing necessary evidence to abandon notion it's just 50-50.
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Replying to @Friedmanzone @amyalkon
I think it's always wise to refer to a scientific consensus when one exists.
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I will say I don't understand the Big Bang well enough to argue about it if asked to do so. This doesn't imply there's no consensus.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @amyalkon
Yes. I suppose there's an important difference btwn issues that do & don't have massive long-term implications for human (& other) welfare.
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Not in this sense. I'm purely talking about being honest about not having the information necessary to give an informed opinion.
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It doesn't become OK to pretend you do if the topic is something of importance to human wellbeing. Just be honest about your limitations.
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