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A Possible Explanation for Climate Sceptics Reasoning

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I enjoy your company Anthony, if I do not make it to that future remind them for me.
Runner! High Priest no less!
Hope they are more informed, In fact they are mate!
Posted by Belly, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 3:05:40 PM
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Anthony,

Do you have anything better than this glorified ad hominem ?

Why do you think that it can be turned only against climate sceptics ? It can be turned against anybody, any position, if you think about it.

You really do need a few more arrows in your quiver than this one.

Cheers,

Joe
Posted by Loudmouth, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 3:55:47 PM
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Hi Joe,
Two points:
First, please see my earlier comment regarding shooting the messenger and what that usually achieves.
Second point, that the subject matter can be applied to anyone is exactly what the article says. Perhaps in your haste to respond negatively you didn't have time to read it thoroughly.
Of course it can be applied to all kinds of situations. However, in this case, the author chose to narrow his focus to Climate Sceptics.
If you take issue with that then please talk to the author.
I merely posted an article that I believe is relevant to recent discussions.
If you felt that it applied to you and in a perjorative way, then that is between you and your thoughts.
It has nothing to do with me.
Cheers,
Anthony
http://www.observationpoint.com.au
Posted by Anthonyve, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 4:02:24 PM
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Anthonyve & T2, please stay around for a decade or two. You should be happy to, as you have this idea that time is on your side. This does at least tell us that your wrong headed beliefs may be honestly held, unlike those of your trusted UEA "scientists". The last batch of emails has shown most of them know their science won't hold water, just as much as it won't hold heat.

I'm happy to wait a decade or so for your apology. We won't hold it against you. After all you have been conned by experts, with billions of tax payer funds to help them.

You should start to read something other than the propaganda you favour, & start to find some of the truth, before you suffer from frost bite, walking to work.

Yes I know some are preaching some claptrap that global warming will make things colder, I think it's the same bloke who reckoned a decade ago that snow would not be seen in Britain by now.

Really is a pity, for the cause, that so many have recorded all these statements, so there are not many places for the con men to hide any more.

Perhaps you could start practicing those apologies some time soon.
Posted by Hasbeen, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 4:08:51 PM
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Hasbeen

The thing that intrigues me is your idea that "all those scientists" are in cahoots with a global warming conspiracy.

Is it just climate scientists who are corrupt?

You've mentioned in the past health problems that you've had....and no doubt you benefitted from medical science to help you recover. You obviously don't consider all science is a scam.

Why do you classify climate science in this regard? Scientific discipline is practiced spectrum wide....why are climate scientists singled out as liable to be involved in a scam?
Posted by Poirot, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 4:27:09 PM
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Hi Hasbeen,
Ever heard of Occam's Razor, "That explanation which requires the fewest number of hypotheses of a fundamental nature is the one most likely to be true'.
Now, let's apply it here.
One the one hand we have your assertion that climate scientists around the world, NASA, the militaries of all the developed countries, (including the US Joint Chiefs), all the world's meteorological Societies, The CSIRO, The chief scientists of all the worlds's developed countries, the world's leading universities - all of these folk are engaged in this collosal deceipt.
On the other hand we have a second alternative - that human induced global warming is real.
Occam's Razor definitely comes down on the side of human induced global warming being real.
In fact, what you purport to believe - without evidence - is an extraordinary assertion.
And the article that I linked to at the head of this thread, explains why you cling with such desperation to that assertion, in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
There is a second possible explanation for your position. It's called Motivated Reasoning. It grows out of your experiencing a form of cognitive dissonance. You can find an explanation here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motivated_reasoning
I suspect that with most climate sceptics the problem is a combination of both conditions.
However, be of good cheer. Time will eventually help you to accept reality.
Cheers,
Anthony
http://www.observationpoint.com.au
Posted by Anthonyve, Tuesday, 20 December 2011 5:26:18 PM
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