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In response to "FWIW, I look at global warming the same way I looked at WMDs in Iraq. " by Dano

I'm always willing to listen to arguments, but they always seem to come down to "Why do we still have winter?" and "Al Gore flies private planes!" -- nm

Posted by Reagen (aka Reagen) Dec 17 '09, 17:55

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It also bothers me that there seems to be two sides to an issue that I can't imagine being binary and both sides have dug in. -- nm - Dano Dec 17, 18:06 9
- tobacco companies paid doctors to proclaim cigarettes safe and create the "controversy" over whether they really caused cancer when there was no - mr. squiggles Dec 17, 18:09 8
  - this is exactly like creationism v. evolution. There is no legitimate scientific debate there. -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 17, 18:12 7
    - And yet science does not equal politics. - ReluctantCynic Dec 17, 18:21 6
      - There's another trap some people fall into, which is that if enough people believe a scientific theory, it becomes true. - Loosi Lou Who Dec 17, 18:23 5
        
        Absolutely. Science is not a democracy. - ReluctantCynic Dec 17, 18:29 2
        
        ahhh.... whereas the other side is using political arguments. They're speaking different languages. -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 17, 18:30 1
        
        Precisely. It's like the Tower of Babel all over again. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Dec 17, 18:32
        
        This is where the attacks on Gore tend to come from as well, as if somehow if they can take down "the prophet", the belief falls apart. - Reagen Dec 17, 18:25 1
        
        yes, very much so. -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 17, 18:26
Agreed. I'm discouraged by a scientific argument that seems to be based on politics. -- nm - Loosi Lou Who Dec 17, 17:56

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