Comments on: Do you believe in man-made global warming? http://eurekaman.com/do-you-believe-in-man-made-global-warming Pure Gold Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:24:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Eureka Man http://eurekaman.com/do-you-believe-in-man-made-global-warming/comment-page-1#comment-2760 Eureka Man Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:38:08 +0000 http://eurekaman.com/do-you-believe-in-man-made-global-warming#comment-2760 Hey Josh, I don't think every single thing in the film has been discredited (for example: the claim that non-human controlled processes like volcano eruptions and emissions from the sea emit much more CO2 than humans). I haven't read any other criticisms of Al Gore's film, have you? I'm assuming that the scientists that appear in the Durkin documentary have problems with some of his evidence given that they disagree with his conclusion. Is everything in The Inconvenient Truth "right"? These things are naturally simplified to appeal to a broader audience. They are a bundle of assertions and theories. By "meet in the middle" I mean take the bits from both that hold up to scrutiny and come up with another coherent picture to present to people. Hey Josh, I don’t think every single thing in the film has been discredited (for example: the claim that non-human controlled processes like volcano eruptions and emissions from the sea emit much more CO2 than humans). I haven’t read any other criticisms of Al Gore’s film, have you? I’m assuming that the scientists that appear in the Durkin documentary have problems with some of his evidence given that they disagree with his conclusion. Is everything in The Inconvenient Truth “right”?

These things are naturally simplified to appeal to a broader audience. They are a bundle of assertions and theories. By “meet in the middle” I mean take the bits from both that hold up to scrutiny and come up with another coherent picture to present to people.

]]> By: josh http://eurekaman.com/do-you-believe-in-man-made-global-warming/comment-page-1#comment-2758 josh Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:24:57 +0000 http://eurekaman.com/do-you-believe-in-man-made-global-warming#comment-2758 Why would you want to meet in the middle between junk science and real science? I'm all for keeping an open mind - it's a requirement for serious scientific inquiry. But what's the point in working out a compromise with something that's already been shown to be discredited? It would be like trying to find the truth somewhere between the geocentric and Copernican models of the solar system. One is right, the other is wrong. You don't need to work out a compromise. Why would you want to meet in the middle between junk science and real science? I’m all for keeping an open mind - it’s a requirement for serious scientific inquiry. But what’s the point in working out a compromise with something that’s already been shown to be discredited? It would be like trying to find the truth somewhere between the geocentric and Copernican models of the solar system. One is right, the other is wrong. You don’t need to work out a compromise.

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