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Re:What Kind of Problem Is Climate Change? by whatshisface on Monday September 30, 2019 @11:03AM (#21116078)
>the combination of well-attested theory and numerous lines of evidence

One time, I saw a graph of temperature over time. That's it. Nobody has ever tried to show me any other theory or evidence. Has anyone ever tried publicizing the science? I take issue with the "science has failed so now we have to be irrational" story because I am not convinced that the science has ever been tried.

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Re:What Kind of Problem Is Climate Change? by jessaustin on Monday September 30, 2019 @12:29PM (#21117086)
Some skeptically-inclined people see the paucity of actual scientific argument you cite here and interpret it as, "Please don't look too closely at the science." In fairness, most of the argument is based on complicated simulations, and that's just not going to convince everyone.
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Re:What Kind of Problem Is Climate Change? by whatshisface on Monday September 30, 2019 @01:25PM (#21117641)
Whatever convinced the climatologists that the simulations were right should convince everyone else.
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Re:What Kind of Problem Is Climate Change? by jessaustin on Monday September 30, 2019 @03:26PM (#21118817)
That's pretty non-specific... what is the antecedent of "whatever"?
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