Again: the standard of "capturing and contributing to an important debate" dodges the issue of falsely "capturing" the state of that debate.https://twitter.com/ErikWemple/status/858737313601507329 …
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Thomas Levenson Retweeted ErikWemple
Again: the standard of "capturing and contributing to an important debate" dodges the issue of falsely "capturing" the state of that debate.https://twitter.com/ErikWemple/status/858737313601507329 …
Thomas Levenson added,
2/ Which is to say that @JBennet's statement is the kind of pleading you do when your substantive argument is weak or non-existent.
3/ This isn't to say that there aren't vital topics of debate about climate change. There are several...
4/ E.g., one waged vigorously (more so in Britain than here, I think) on how much to tax the present to insure the future...
5/ There are also, to be sure, genuine scientific debates -- just not the one(s) @BretStephensNYT suggests exist. As @jbennet may not know..
6/ Stephens' line of argument has a history, one that dates back to the cold war. See, e.g. @NaomiOreskes and Conway's Merchants of Doubt...
I've submitted a letter #we shall see if they publish
It has the stench of the false balance fallacy that is often disguised as fostering debate
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