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How to Use Critical Thinking to Spot False Climate Claims
Ellerton, Peter
http://www.desmogblog.com/2018/02/10/how-use-critical-thinking-spot-false-climate-claimsDate Written: 2018-02-10 Publisher: Desmog Year Published: 2018 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX22099 This article outlines ways to address common climate-contrarian arguments, all of which contain errors in reasoning that are independent of the science itself. Abstract: -- Excerpt: Much of the public discussion about climate science consists of a stream of assertions. The climate is changing or it isn't; carbon dioxide causes global warming or it doesn't; humans are partly responsible or they are not; scientists have a rigorous process of peer review or they don’t, and so on. Despite scientists' best efforts at communicating with the public, not everyone knows enough about the underlying science to make a call one way or the other. Not only is climate science very complex, but it has also been targeted by deliberate obfuscation campaigns. Subject Headings |