gizmo_2655
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# wrote on Oct 20 th, 2013 at 7:28pm: gizmo_2655 wrote on Oct 19 th, 2013 at 3:56pm: # wrote on Oct 19 th, 2013 at 2:54pm: gizmo_2655 wrote on Oct 17 th, 2013 at 2:11pm: # wrote on Oct 16 th, 2013 at 7:22pm: gizmo_2655 wrote on Oct 15 th, 2013 at 3:50pm: # wrote on Oct 15 th, 2013 at 3:38pm: ... I believe there's a majority view among the best qualified. I don't believe I know better than them. Well unfortunately it's not 'legitimate' majority view...it's based (mostly) on getting funding. A belief which you have no hope of substantiating.gizmo_2655 wrote on Oct 15 th, 2013 at 3:50pm: And you probably DO believe that you are 'better' than them, because real scientists are never 100% sure of anything...but you seem to be 110% sure. ... Of what? Of course I can substantiate my statement. They (the scientists) are research scientists, which means they get paid to do their research, in the form of grants or other forms of funding (by universities, governments or private individuals/companies). So if the funding is offered for study into the 'affects of human action on climate change' (for example) a scientist isn't gonig to get the funding, if his/her results or his/her opinion is that humans have NO affect on climate change. So the tiny minority who produce results favoured by (for example) the fossil fuel industry don't get funding?gizmo_2655 wrote on Oct 17 th, 2013 at 2:11pm: As for the second question, no climate scientist has yet to say for absolutely certain, that humans are causing AGW, the best they'll state is '95% sure'. Whereas you seem to be 110% certain that mankind is the cause of AGW (or ACC). Actually, they say they're 95 to 100% certain, which is about as certain as science gets. I don't claim to be qualified to judge the science at all, let alone "to be 110% certain", one way or another. I am reasonably confident, however, that the vast majority of the best qualified are as certain as possible that humanity is substantially responsible for global warming. As a true sceptic, I'm not fool enough to say otherwise. Umm you do know that the 'fossil fuel industry' doesn't really run around, throwing huge amounts of money at scientists to intimidate them into selling out, don't you?? ... I presume you're implying that someone does?In brief, you assert much and substantiate nothing. No, I'm implying that NO ONE does. Basically, the whole 'skeptics in the pay of...' concept is a fantasy, made up as a way to explain why some people don't accept the theory of AGW (rather than admit to the real reason, that there are a number of holes in the AGW argument.)
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