Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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It's getting hotter in here!

This article looks at climate change and a recent report veryifying that land temperatures are rising.  Link courtesy of my_partner_doug.

Notice that climate skeptics show a shift from "Climate change isn't really happening" to "Climate change may be happening, but is not influenced by human activity" to "Climate change may be caused by humans, but it is economically unfeasable to do anything about that."

This routine should sound familiar to anyone who has ever asked a five-year-old what happened to the vase.
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  • 9 comments
fayanora

fayanora

October 22 2011, 18:28:55 UTC 9 years ago

That last line makes this post awesome. :-)
ysabetwordsmith

Well...

ysabetwordsmith

October 22 2011, 18:37:12 UTC 9 years ago

I know it's not a logical argument, but sometimes humor works when logic rolls off like water from a duck's back.
fayanora

Re: Well...

fayanora

October 22 2011, 18:39:52 UTC 9 years ago

Oh the problem isn't that they lack logic. It's that their logic is not earth logic, and they're so convinced they're right that they won't respond to earth logic.
ysabetwordsmith

Re: Well...

ysabetwordsmith

October 22 2011, 18:43:59 UTC 9 years ago

I was referring to the rules of logical argument, and the importance of avoiding logical fallacies, which I try to follow more often than not. But sometimes, a different approach makes the point better.
fayanora

Hey lookat this

fayanora

October 22 2011, 18:43:18 UTC 9 years ago

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/10/climate-skeptic-woops-the-majority-is-right-on-global-warming.html
ysabetwordsmith

Re: Hey lookat this

ysabetwordsmith

October 22 2011, 18:49:51 UTC 9 years ago

Well, at least they're admitting it rather than cropping the data as governments are wont to do.
pseudonymeter

pseudonymeter

October 23 2011, 06:07:51 UTC 9 years ago

I love your wit
ysabetwordsmith

Thank you!

ysabetwordsmith

October 23 2011, 06:09:07 UTC 9 years ago

I'm glad you find it entertaining.
pseudonymeter

Re: Thank you!

pseudonymeter

October 23 2011, 06:21:30 UTC 9 years ago

Thank you for your constant daily posts :D