Are global warming deniers becoming increasingly desperate in their arguments?
The denier "top answerer" in this section in his most recent question claimed
"Many times here you hear that students that fail Chemistry, and Physics go into Climatology because it's easier to pass."
I read most of the questions in this section of YA and have never seen anyone make this claim, nor have I seen anyone make it elsewhere. Which is not surprising, since it's a completely absurd claim.
Climate science requires a strong understanding of physics and chemistry. As pegminer noted in responding to the question, in order to obtain a doctorate in climate science, one needs to have a degree (typically a Master's) in physics, chemistry, or engineering. Obviously to obtain such a degree, you need to pass the classes and gain a very good understanding of the subject.
So this makes me wonder why the denier "top answerer" would make such a statement and why his fellow deniers would agree with it. Is it a desperate tactic to discredit all climate scientists, since virtually all of them agree that humans are causing global warming? Do deniers really believe that climate scientists are physics and chemistry flunkies?
Ken2009-01-03T15:58:29Z
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We all know that the "top answerer" has probably never taken any college level science (or math), so I wouldn't consider such statements from him/her seriously (I doubt anyone else does either).
Overall, I don't think the level of arguments has changed much at all. There seems to be a semi-regular new batch of doubters that come along and try to resurrect long dead arguments that they've stumbled across for the first time.
Hmm. Now THAT is an easy way to make $10K. How difficult is it to point out that the IPCC "science" is to vehemently state that jostling a thermometer to change it's mercurly level will alter the temperature in a room. Anthropogenic global warming---proof that a mind is a terrible thing to waste.
No we "deniers" are not increasingly more desperate. In fact, the largest amount of snow that has fallen in 30 years in Las Vegas, makes you "global warming fanatics" look even more desperate. The computer generated models have not predicted any cooling. The latest reports are that the CO2 is repelling the heat instead of absorbing the heat. You guys want it both ways, CO2 makes it hotter, CO2 makes it colder. Ok, let's call it a wash, CO2 DOES NOTHING. Roy Spencer (second link) doesn't agree, and neither do the 31,000 scientists who have signed the petition at the link below.
It is well known that the worst students become climatologists. Whereas in order to post on a web site, like this one, someone has to possess a vast knowledge of almost about everything -and without even having to go to university...
All these accusations about climatologists being "leftists" remind me of Hitler accusing Einstein for "Hebrew physics" when Albert published the Relativity Theory.
I agree with another poster here that these fellows are trolls. We should report them for abuse if we want Y! A to be a serious and helpful site.
First off not all scientist belief in Global warming. A considerable amount do as well as probably about 100% of climate scientist who rely on federal money to continue there research as well as there employment. I am not saying that there is NO truths to Global warming I'm just saying that it's a bit over blowned. In the 80's if you didn't recycle and start driving more fuel efficient vehicles we were not going to make it to the millennium. Well welcome to the last year of the first decade of the new millenium.