Global warming, skepticism, etc

[cema]

http://scienceblogs.com/illconsidered/2008/07/how_to_talk_to_a_sceptic.php

Disclaimer: I am skeptical of both sides. However, because the global warming side tends to be louder, and because it is promoted by the political types, I am normally much more skeptical about them than the other side.

Comments

[cema.livejournal.com]

Наши ресурсы ограничены. Пока что, говорят, они уходят в основном в карман Гору. Но, конечно, многим хочется поучаствовать.

[http://users.livejournal.com/__shahaf/]

well, I do not know much about Gore's budget and resources you are talking about. I know about data, that's it. If we talk about how real the hypothesis about global warming and greenhouse gases, this is one thing. If we talk about where money goes, that's another. Separate flies from meatballs.

[cema.livejournal.com]

I am afraid the balls are made from the fly meat.

[http://users.livejournal.com/__shahaf/]

I do not think we are really looking for truth here. I think that you watch a TV and approximate how much money Gore's pocket has. However, this has nothing to do about the greenhouse gases hypothesis.

[cema.livejournal.com]

I think we are playing with metaphors.

I also think that we more or less know all the main arguments from both sides, and we can hardly think of new arguments that would sway us this way or that way.