Like magnetism and gravity, it is not something you get to believe in or not. (Reply #12)

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Sun Jan 5, 2014, 07:34 PM

MindPilot (12,693 posts)

12. Like magnetism and gravity, it is not something you get to believe in or not.

The planet is overall getting warmer there is no doubt about that, but it is not something you experience directly. What you experience are the effects of that warming which is more frequent and more violent storms, more extreme weather patterns, and changes in local climates. Some places get hotter some get colder.

It bugs the shit outta me that "do you believe in evolution", or "do you believe in global warming" are perfectly legitimate questions to ask, but "do you believe that a bearded white guy sits on a cloud and micromanages people's lives?" will bring out the "we have to respect all views" police.

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56 replies	Author	Time	Post
If you believe in global climate change, do you believe the earth is getting warmer or colder? [View all]	kentuck	Jan 2014	OP
Is this trying to place Climate change in woo category?	PowerToThePeople	Jan 2014	#1
It isn't a matter of belief.	Spider Jerusalem	Jan 2014	#2
Climate change means more energy is kept in the atmosphere	Warpy	Jan 2014	#3
Many different kinds of weather events occur across the earth.	ananda	Jan 2014	#4
We see wider and stronger hurricanes	malaise	Jan 2014	#5
here's some woo for ya	Adam051188	Jan 2014	#6
Ok, let me try to untangle this for you	nadinbrzezinski	Jan 2014	#7
ding ding ^^^^	spanone	Jan 2014	#9
and further:	Salviati	Jan 2014	#18
Isn't that caveat, IIRC, ten BILLION into the future?	nadinbrzezinski	Jan 2014	#20
Twenty actually :)	Salviati	Jan 2014	#22
No worries, the sun will be an ex star by then anyhow	nadinbrzezinski	Jan 2014	#23
Holy shit Nadin	tkmorris	Jan 2014	#21
No, it is not doing both. The planet is getting warmer, period.	BlueStreak	Jan 2014	#27
Overall it is getting warmer	nadinbrzezinski	Jan 2014	#31
Overall temperature, climate patterns, and weather events are THREE different things	BlueStreak	Jan 2014	#37
It's warmer where I stand. I'm wearing shorts more often than not.	Cleita	Jan 2014	#8
Climate change is real. The earth is getting warmer.	immoderate	Jan 2014	#10
Warming the earth changes global atmospheric and ocean circulations,	struggle4progress	Jan 2014	#11
Like magnetism and gravity, it is not something you get to believe in or not.	MindPilot	Jan 2014	#12
No need to discuss it any further.	kentuck	Jan 2014	#13
Most researchers these days use paper, or a computer.	MindPilot	Jan 2014	#14
Yes it is.	kentuck	Jan 2014	#15
Right over all of their heads	bonzaga	Jan 2014	#16
Just adding some cartoons to your thread Kentuck. :)	Crewleader	Jan 2014	#17
I love the middle one	Niceguy1	Jan 2014	#24
Climate change is a bit more complex than many realize.....	AverageJoe90	Jan 2014	#19
Global warming is a fact	Bradical79	Jan 2014	#25
Scientific consensus by the vast majority of scinentiests indicates global warming caused by human.	Agnosticsherbet	Jan 2014	#26
First, I just have to point out that belief has nothing to do with this.	Egalitarian Thug	Jan 2014	#28
Climate. Weather. Not the same.	mn9driver	Jan 2014	#29
in science, a theory is not a hypothesis/mere speculation/beliefs	La Lioness Priyanka	Jan 2014	#30
Actually, the Earth itself continues to cool, as it has for billions of years.	stopbush	Jan 2014	#32
Depends what you mean by "the earth", and on the time scale, doesn't it?	Donald Ian Rankin	Jan 2014	#33
Snowball earth theory	BarackTheVote	Jan 2014	#34
Assuming you're serious and mean the Earth's surface,	Edim	Jan 2014	#35
global climate change	BobUp	Jan 2014	#36
That's an excellent video to understand some of the basic framework. nt	adirondacker	Jan 2014	#39
TY, science, people can deny it, or accept it for what it is,	BobUp	Jan 2014	#41
I'm not as concerned with a pole shift as much as the things we can control (CO2)	adirondacker	Jan 2014	#42
That link	BobUp	Jan 2014	#47
Sunspot activity (or the lack thereof) is one possible factor.	Nye Bevan	Jan 2014	#38
Before the rise of the AGW paradigm the 80s/90s, variations in solar activity were	Edim	Jan 2014	#46
I believe that the climate of the earth is changing.	Skidmore	Jan 2014	#40
This.	GreenEyedLefty	Jan 2014	#45
Weather is getting more extreme.	blogslut	Jan 2014	#43
who gives a shit, we are not doing jack about it anyhow	quinnox	Jan 2014	#44
+1,000,000 ...Really, who cares. No one is giving up anything that will make a difference. nt	ChisolmTrailDem	Jan 2014	#48
What I know.	NCTraveler	Jan 2014	#49
Definitely	pipi_k	Jan 2014	#50
There is more energy in the system leading to wilder extremes	on point	Jan 2014	#51
The planet is warming but climate change is complex..	ananda	Jan 2014	#52
Wow.	redqueen	Jan 2014	#53
The 15 hottest years on record happened in the last 16 years	bhikkhu	Jan 2014	#54
The earth is warming, that is a fact	Marrah_G	Jan 2014	#55
Yes.	lonestarnot	Jan 2014	#56

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