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Re:2020 Had the Warmest September on Record, Data Shows by vondro on Monday October 12, 2020 @06:43AM (#24753114)
It actually makes sense for Climate Change Deniers to deny it's man made. Think about it - if it's not man made, then people don't need to adjust behavior at all since their behavior didn't cause the problem in the first place.

To them, cutting down emissions might be as inefficient solution for climate change as it is for solving the lava problem.

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Re:2020 Had the Warmest September on Record, Data Shows by pjc50 on Monday October 12, 2020 @06:45AM (#24753130)
The reasoning is in the other direction: they're not going to change behaviour, therefore it's not man-made.
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Re:2020 Had the Warmest September on Record, Data Shows by hardlianotion on Monday October 12, 2020 @07:00AM (#24753197)
I think most people, including myself, move from desired outcome to reasons why. Heck, I even do it for my mathematics.
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Re:2020 Had the Warmest September on Record, Data Shows by jlokier on Monday October 12, 2020 @08:08AM (#24753558)
Reasoning backwards is fine. Going from desired outcome to figure out what would be necessary to produce it is useful.

It's another thing to work back from desired outcome to necessary facts and use it to deem those facts true, rather than testing if they are actually true.

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Re:2020 Had the Warmest September on Record, Data Shows by jfim on Monday October 12, 2020 @07:01AM (#24753199)
That's an interesting take on it, hadn't seen it from that perspective.
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