[LINK] Propaganda, manipulation and the abuse of media [Was: IPA, astroturfing and fantsy themes/Science under attack]

[David Boxall]

On 22/02/2012 4:33 PM, TKoltai wrote:
> ...
> I didn't attempt refute Climate change. I just suggested strongly that
> there were "other factors" ...
Tom, is your belief that you see "other factors", while people who are 
qualified in the field don't, consistent with good mental hygiene?

> ... and that as far as I was concerned, mans
> presence on Earth had not been proven to warm the planet (empirically).
Your comment shows that you have not a clue about science. Could that be 
why you keep making such a fool of yourself?

To recap: 97% of the best qualified consider the evidence sufficient to 
be reasonably confident that human activity is a significant 
contributing factor in changing mean global temperatures. In science, 
that's about as close as you're going to get to "proven", unless and 
until we pass a tipping point, so the planet turns into hell.

-- 
David Boxall                         | ignorance more frequently
                                     | begets confidence than does
http://david.boxall.id.au            | knowledge
                                     | --Charles Darwin (introduction
                                     |  to 'The Descent of Man' 1871)