One of the World's Foremost Meteorologists Has Called the Theory That Helped Al Gore Share the Nobel Peace Prize "ridiculous"

Re:One of the World's Foremost Meteorologists Has Called the... by DaniFong on Monday October 15, 2007 @02:49AM (#67952)

So, 'ad hominem' attacks are not allowed, and therefore nobody should ever take me seriously? That's a pretty amusing argument, I must say.

You're quite right they're emotionally loaded labels. We only get one earth, you know. I actually care about it. So should you.

But in case you think that the possibility for scientific payola is above scrutiny, fine. I also included a link which discussed his actual claims, and the actual science and debate around them. Read it.

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Re:One of the World's Foremost Meteorologists Has Called the... by anamax on Monday October 15, 2007 @09:12AM (#68015)

> So, 'ad hominem' attacks are not allowed, and therefore nobody should ever take me seriously? That's a pretty amusing argument,

It's a pretty reliable argument. When someone concedes that they don't have a rational argument, they're usually correct.

They may still be correct, but are useless for determining that.

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Re:One of the World's Foremost Meteorologists Has Called the... by davidw on Monday October 15, 2007 @07:18AM (#67992)

> You're quite right they're emotionally loaded labels.

Sure, but when you start debating like that, it drags the forum in question down to the level of sites like reddit. Your other post below is much better!

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