Re:When was the last time 98% of scientists got something im...
by zapataband1 on Thursday March 10, 2022 @12:23PM
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I agree with science is prone to corruption. As far as climate science having power...it was opposed by every giant oil, gas, extraction corporation and actively suppressed for decades, with these companies funding rival fake science. Science is still science, science minded people will hear you out provided evidence. If someone wants to claim CO2 doesn't cause climate change and they have a good argument I still believe someone will listen. Einstein was ridiculed for years about his ideas, you could say he had majority of 'institutional-science power' against him, but ideas still won out.
Re:When was the last time 98% of scientists got something im...
by rsfern on Thursday March 10, 2022 @07:47AM
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Atmospheric CO2 level is a couple hundred ppm, which is way more concentrated than many homeopathic remedies at like 1e-60. I think you are basically making emotional arguments instead of evidence based arguments, at least on the climate science thing.
I’m not arguing that science is free from politics though, but I don’t think you’ve presented any plausible alternatives in this discussion
No one was ever promoted for saying that CO2 emissions won't destroy the Earth, despite their homeopathic levels in the air. In fact, you can be the head of a climate research laboratory, respected for decades, and get fired if you do say that. The CO2 idea is so powerful it gets its enemies fired.
That's power in action, and "climate science" absolutely has it, whereas equally plausible alternatives do not.