Man made global warming is real.

Munson · October 24, 2011, 02:19:24 PM

The scientists be lying, yo

rjs246 · October 24, 2011, 02:58:38 PM

Why listen to decades of scientific concensus when you had a professor once who disagreed with scientists? They're all a bunch of nerds anyway.

I, for one, think that oil companies and right-wing corporate whores are far more qualified to pass judgement on this issue.

phillymic2000 · October 24, 2011, 03:09:17 PM

I agree, I mean seriously, If that A-hole didn't challenge the established fact the Earth was flat years ago, we would be able to throw all the idiots off the edge. Just keep following like all the little sheep and everything will be fine!!

rjs246 · October 24, 2011, 03:18:08 PM

Wait, are you comparing modern scientific study to the fact that people used to think that the Earth was flat?

I mean, um, really?

If anything, the analogy should work like this...

People thought the Earth was flat, until it was proven otherwise by science == People thought that they could consume every natural resource without consequence and pump chemicals into the atmosphere without consequence, until it was proven otherwise by science.

SD · October 24, 2011, 03:22:17 PM

baaaaaaaaaaa

Munson · October 24, 2011, 03:23:06 PM

SD is just fishing now right?

rjs246 · October 24, 2011, 03:24:31 PM

Are you retarded? SD is and always has been a climate change denier. It doesn't make any sense given his rational views on everything else (interactions with women not withstanding), but yeah, he thinks it's all a big hoax. Like the holocaust.

Munson · October 24, 2011, 03:30:07 PM

I mean I knew that, but a link showing some skeptics doing a scientific study somehow makes the people who believe the results sheep? I just don't understand why an intelligent person like SD comes to that conclusion.

phillymic2000 · October 24, 2011, 03:59:30 PM

If you couldn't tell that was sarcasm then wtf? geeeezus people, calm the farg down

rjs246 · October 24, 2011, 04:02:47 PM

You're not making any sense, so if that was sarcasm it was very poorly executed.

SD · October 24, 2011, 04:11:20 PM

When are 'we' changing the title of this thread from "Man made global warming is real" to "Man made climate change is real"?

Tomahawk · October 24, 2011, 04:12:41 PM

The problem I have with Rome's link is it only uses data from 1800 (at the earliest) to present. That's way too small of a sample to use in a trend analysis for a planet that's been around for either 10,000 or 4 billion years

phillymic2000 · October 24, 2011, 04:13:29 PM

Well sorry to get some facts wrong, here I thought it was explorers like Magellan who first proved the earth wasn't flat.

SD · October 24, 2011, 04:18:16 PM

Quote from: Tomahawk on October 24, 2011, 04:12:41 PM
The problem I have with Rome's link is it only uses data from 1800 (at the earliest) to present. That's way too small of a sample to use in a trend analysis for a planet that's been around for either 10,000 or 4 billion years

Hey...look at this, someone else with common sense. Welcome to my club.

rjs246 · October 24, 2011, 04:24:18 PM

Either you believe in science or you don't. If you don't, fine. Just be consistent.

We rely on scientific research to guide all sorts of decisions that we make every minute of every day. Basically everything that we know about anything is founded in scientific research, which we acknowledge and accept implicitly. But for some reason this one topic gets people all twisted around with doubt. Why is that? Couldn't be because there is a huge financial implication to the facts. Financial implications that would seriously negatively impact political donors. Couldn't be.