Caligirl
Oh yes it is too!
- Aug 25, 2008
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I am failing to understand the evidence that humans are the reason the planet is warming... Evidentally these scientists can't understand it either...
Scientists abandon global warming 'lie'
If there is evidence/proof, why do so many scientists disagree?
Scientists disagree about a lot of things ... science is less about answers and more about questioning and experimentation.
Science talks a lot about consensus, a word that isn't used much in religion or other dogmatic areas. Consensus implicitly means that common ground has been found from among a variety of data. In other words you don't talk about consensus when there is universal agreement, you talk about it when opposing viewpoints find commonalities that they agree on.
You and I probably have consensus that this country is worth fighting for, but we probably disagree on a hell of a lot of the details of that. You can say we have consensus (we do) or you can say we disagree (we do.)
The consensus in science is that warming has an anthropogenic factor. This does not mean that everyone agrees, especially on the details, far from it. But the consensus is there.
Policy makers and the media are the ones that polarize the issue, imo. The science is generally good.
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