08-12-2015, 02:52 AM
Can you please provide the source(s) for your comments on “the dedicated work of 3600+ climate scientists” and “30,000+ peer-reviewed scientific articles on climate”?
I do agree with you “that if people have a mindset fixed on a particular viewpoint, no matter how far removed from reality, data or facts that viewpoint is, there is really no point in carrying on a rational discourse with such people.” But then that has always been true regardless of the topic or which side of the issue people are on.
That is a big part of the problem with having a rational discussion on Global Warming/Climate Change. Most people only parrot what they hear and read in the news media instead of actually doing some research to find the raw data and analyzing it. Many of those same people also try to intimidate others by inferring that they are uninformed, have a fixed mindset, are removed from reality and facts, and that there is really no point in carrying on a rational discourse with such people.
There is an interesting article at http://www.friendsofscience.org/assets/d...s_Myth.pdf that discusses the Mythical “Consensus” being referred to here. It’s worth a read regardless of one’s POV.
I do agree with you “that if people have a mindset fixed on a particular viewpoint, no matter how far removed from reality, data or facts that viewpoint is, there is really no point in carrying on a rational discourse with such people.” But then that has always been true regardless of the topic or which side of the issue people are on.
That is a big part of the problem with having a rational discussion on Global Warming/Climate Change. Most people only parrot what they hear and read in the news media instead of actually doing some research to find the raw data and analyzing it. Many of those same people also try to intimidate others by inferring that they are uninformed, have a fixed mindset, are removed from reality and facts, and that there is really no point in carrying on a rational discourse with such people.
There is an interesting article at http://www.friendsofscience.org/assets/d...s_Myth.pdf that discusses the Mythical “Consensus” being referred to here. It’s worth a read regardless of one’s POV.