Thread: Global warming?
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Old 07-10-2011, 01:21 PM   #895
Undertoad
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Unlike yourself, I don't have any conclusions, just data.

It has taken us three days for you to agree that your statement...

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Originally Posted by tw
But numbers say global temperatures even in the past decade have increased significantly.
...is wrong, based on the actual data.

Is the warming being cancelled by anthropogenic forces? Maybe. The paper argues it's possible. I say it's possible.

But the most interesting part about this exchange is how you attempted to discredit the science when you thought it disagreed with you.

Your intrepid belief in science led you down exactly the wrong path to the truth: if it's contradictory, it must not be science, you said, and pursued the matter just long enough to prove it to yourself.

I know: I sound harsh. But I expect that you will be harsher on yourself for this mistake than I have been.

Meanwhile, my statement:

Quote:
Originally Posted by UT
This all just adds such a new layer of complexity over it all that the debate starts to be overwhelming.
...has borne out right before our eyes.
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