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Originally Posted by Willravel
Raise your hand if you have an education in climatology. Anyone? If you didn't raise your hand, you're what's called a layman, "a person without professional or specialized knowledge". If you did, you're probably not involved in this discussion. |
Are we setting a new standard for participation in a discussion?
Are you making an assumption that only those with "formal" training can have an informed view on this or any subject?
At the very beginning of all of this the "deniers" simply asked questions based on the assumptions and methodology used to come to the conclusions that this is a settled issue, those with confidence in the view point don't fear questions or challenges.
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Originally Posted by dc_dux
But, I would like to see both extremes, the alarmists and the deniers, get out of the way....both are counter-productive.
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I re-read this thread and I am not clear on what the point of the above statement is in the context of what has been posted in this thread. Can you elaborate?