Climate science challenge: What is the counterpoint to this skeptical criticism? 'Mikes Nature Trick' Revisited- @ScottAdamsSays edition https://wattsupwiththat.com/2019/01/21/mikes-nature-trick-revisited-scottadamssays-edition/ … via @WattsUpWithThat
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life is so much easier if you just close your hears and eyes, said nobody smart.
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You. An also keep your eyes wide open while driven if we’re on loosy metaphors. It sure is frustrating to see data discounted but it’s true that laymen are so vulnerable to graph manipulation it’s wiser for them to discount them all.
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So, the science is not settled, as you have just implied. Welcome to the lukewarm train.
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So why bother people with questions if the answers you are not capable or willing to understand? Also false equivalence is not an argument nor a good persuasion.
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If you want to get a handle on this debate, Scott, you have to be willing to delve into the data. Granted, it isn't an easy slog but worth it, IMO.
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Go carefully though - delving in this vat of worms can change your world view a LOT if you're prepared to go at it with an open mind. Scott will tell you that's impossible. I disagree.
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If that's true why talk about the hockey stick graph if you've already discounted it?
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Scott, well if that's the case, that you actually discount 100% of graphs presented on both sides, you should probably extricate yourself from debating the issue further. Understanding these issues to the point of making credible assessment takes time. Best advice: Don't cop-out.
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fair enough. it's not really possible for a civilian to sort out technical controversies. Much like yourself, I started out in field as an interested civilian. Unlike you (I think), I had high-level math skills from a younger version of myself. As someone who knew stock market,
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I was early on astonished at excessive "promotion" by climate academics (as term understood in stock market) and at very limited due diligence involved in academic peer review. From my experience, most "skeptics" are created not by persuasiveness of other skeptics - many of
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