Ok so just to get this straight then, we disregard the first set of "experts":!whistle!
and now religiously follow what these "experts" are telling us now as if our very lifes depended on it - no I think I will make my own mind up on that one, but the main point is yes scientests are experts in their own fields but they don't ALWAYS get it right and can pretty much come up with the results that some government or organisation wants to hear "on demand".
What a sad bastard
Re: What a sad bastard
PEOPLE think Stephen Hawking is so clever, but when you ask him a question and he is typing in the answer on his little screen, how do we know he isn't just looking up the answer on the Internet?
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Sam Slater
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Of course you can make up your own mind. I'm not saying you shouldn't, I'm just questioning your logic and conclusions.
For instance, if a loved one of yours tried to commit suicide, would you ignore the specialists advice on the individual having therapy just because some guy in the 1920's wrongly thought that a lobotomy was in order?
There were plenty of failed attempts at aviation before the Wright Bros came along, but you don't deny that aviation experts of today are wrong just because someone else got it wrong years ago.
I just think it's a really strange way to come to a conclusion on what you actually believe.
For instance, if a loved one of yours tried to commit suicide, would you ignore the specialists advice on the individual having therapy just because some guy in the 1920's wrongly thought that a lobotomy was in order?
There were plenty of failed attempts at aviation before the Wright Bros came along, but you don't deny that aviation experts of today are wrong just because someone else got it wrong years ago.
I just think it's a really strange way to come to a conclusion on what you actually believe.
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Deuce Bigolo
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I've no idea who is right & who is wrong in this global warming debate
Did the sun/solar activity course the hole in the ozone layer?
For what its worth i intend to modify my behaviour within reason in the vain hope that it will make a difference
Even if it doesn't at least i can say i tried
Did the sun/solar activity course the hole in the ozone layer?
For what its worth i intend to modify my behaviour within reason in the vain hope that it will make a difference
Even if it doesn't at least i can say i tried
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diplodocus
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no we don't disregard their work, that would be bad science, we say that their theory didn't stand up to scrutiny as more evidence and better testing techniques came along
if you look at the computing power they had in 1971 and compare it to now you can easliy see why big errors could be made
no science theory is perfect, even evolution, but as more data is looked at the more strong the theory of evolution has become and now it's pretty much accepted knowledge
it's the same with climate study, these predictions are well over a decade old now and as more and more research has gone into it (possibly the most deeply studied subject globally in modern times) the theory continues to stand up and be advanced
to say scientists will produce what a government tells them is unfair to the people who work in that field, in fact most governments didn't want to hear what they were being told for a long time
the reason so much focus is put on it now is the fact that if we do nothing and allow warming to continue unabated we may well see rises that MAY have such an effect on our climate as to put the whole global society at risk
is that a chance you are prepared to take?
if you look at the computing power they had in 1971 and compare it to now you can easliy see why big errors could be made
no science theory is perfect, even evolution, but as more data is looked at the more strong the theory of evolution has become and now it's pretty much accepted knowledge
it's the same with climate study, these predictions are well over a decade old now and as more and more research has gone into it (possibly the most deeply studied subject globally in modern times) the theory continues to stand up and be advanced
to say scientists will produce what a government tells them is unfair to the people who work in that field, in fact most governments didn't want to hear what they were being told for a long time
the reason so much focus is put on it now is the fact that if we do nothing and allow warming to continue unabated we may well see rises that MAY have such an effect on our climate as to put the whole global society at risk
is that a chance you are prepared to take?
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