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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
I don't know how much credence I would lend to Dr. Geri Halliwell. Perry Mason seemed like a smart guy, so maybe there is something to this naysaying.
Anyone here with a computer degree can get on that list. With 300,000,000 people in the U.S., of which about half tend to vote Republicans, and with the fake or duplicate names, I don't know how much you want to take that 32,000 number as proof of anything one way or another.
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The article itself acknowledges that Geri Halliwell was a fake name, it also says that it was the only one proven to be fake. The others (Perry Mason, Michael Fox) actually turned out to have legitimate scientific backgrounds. As for duplicates, it is possible for two people to share the same name.
That being said, I agree that the number 32,000 is probably not entirely accurate; however, it lends credence to the idea that there are people out there who dissent from what seems to be the popular scientific position. And these aren't just some whack-jobs, they're smart people, people who have equally fancy degrees to the people on the other side of the debate. Your point that all you need is a computer degree does nothing to address the 9,000 names on the list who have PHDs. Additionally, David Suzuki has a degree in zoology, how is that any more relevant to a climate debate than a computer degree?
Clearly, your arguments aren't going to convince me, and mine aren't going to convince you on the root issue. All I'm trying to point out is that as much as some people want to believe that this issue is open-and-shut, there is still doubt.