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Re:Massive permafrost thaw documented in Canada, portending ... by refurb on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @09:30PM (#13770912)
Jesus! I'm glad people don't take that stand in other areas of science. If we did that 20 years ago we never would have found out that ulcers are caused by bacteria.

"Ulcers aren't caused by stress, they are caused by bacteria!"

"Heresy!! String him up!!!"

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Re:Massive permafrost thaw documented in Canada, portending ... by peteretep on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @10:21PM (#13771150)
Bacteria-ulcers weren't proven by people who really really really wanted them to be true, they were proven by a doctor, using (fairly unconventional) scientific methods.

If you've got compelling historical sources for holocaust denial or compelling scientific evidence against climate change, let's see it.

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Re:Massive permafrost thaw documented in Canada, portending ... by Udik on Thursday March 02, 2017 @02:45AM (#13772354)
The problem is that there are lots of people that really really want climate change (or rather its effects) to be true. Just look here in this thread people willing to swear that hurricane activity has increased due to global warming, while there is no evidence yet that this has happened ( https://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/global-warming-and-hurricanes/ ).

Before your automatic downvote, I'm not denying climate change and some of its future effects (maybe even catastrophic). But the fact that it's happening doesn't explain or justify why people seem so eager to see its effects in everything even without a scientific proof whatsoever.

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Re:Massive permafrost thaw documented in Canada, portending ... by peteretep on Thursday March 02, 2017 @02:58AM (#13772420)
If the problem is that that makes other people ignore overwhelming scientific evidence, those ignoring the evidence are no less dangerous and ignorant.
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Re:Massive permafrost thaw documented in Canada, portending ... by refurb on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @11:13PM (#13771349)
or compelling scientific evidence against climate change

Oh please. No one would even try in this political climate. As you said "don't believe in climate change? you are a nazi".

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Re:Massive permafrost thaw documented in Canada, portending ... by peteretep on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @11:38PM (#13771466) 

    > No one would even try in
    > this political climate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_scientists_opposing_th...
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Re:Massive permafrost thaw documented in Canada, portending ... by hyperbovine on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @11:52PM (#13771516)
Nice try. Scientific evidence, please?
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