[Displaced Flames fan]

Originally Posted by Flames89

I am hardly going off the deep end here.

You took issue with how a climate change article references scientists and imply that they should provide us with direction of who are the scientists? What qualifies them? As I said, anyone can look up the scientists if they please, but the nature of news articles does not lend them to long bibliographies. If someone has questions, they can go look it up themselves. What more "pertinent" information do you require in a news update? You asked me "WHICH scientists? What are their fields? ", I said "look it up" - your skepticism is the engine of science, but you/one has to actually LOOK for the answers instead of complaining that they were not provided.

However, my "beef" with those questions is the implied suggestion that the news story lacks credibility. That the information in question is less true... while you may agree with the issue, your questions are brought up as a critique regularly, in a manner of debate that is seen in the Ben Stein Expelled debates (see discussions between the experts and the people behind the movie). Huh?

And as for money influencing results, yes, you are right, money influences results a HUGE number of studies. However, my little point was just that the argument that ALL of the scientists were paid to push the climate-change agenda is absurd (to me at least, and this is my opinion). But that is a macro view, on a micro view each could be disected for agenda, motivation, etc.

I did not mean to come at you in any way, shape, or form - so apologies if my syntax appeared virtiol-infused.



This really sums up why this argument can become heated.

The enemy is at the gates and potentially threatening our grandkids. Meanwhile while a few of us are arguing which weapon to use (OIL! ROCKS!), while there are several that are saying "what are you worried about? We don't see anyone. Oh, those people at the gate? Nah, they are always there and they will tire out regardless"

The statements in bold are not at all what I said or representative of the points I was trying to make. Oh well, I'm tired of banging my head against the wall.