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In reply to the discussion: No more NYT [View all]creeksneakers2
(7,476 posts)43. Stephens and the scientists at your link and you
are all saying the scientists aren't as certain. Stephens blames the advocates for that. If you read the comments here a great deal of certainty is expressed, despite the scientists not expressing it. So you are the one erecting a straw dog. See for yourself. Read it again.
You first wrote: "That doesn't mean the NYTimes should give a platform to someone who is pushing
personal beliefs that have no broad support in the scientific community."
Where is he doing that? His message is one of opinion, not fact.
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This isn't an issue about which there is legitimately a diversity of opinion
Spider Jerusalem
May 2017
#4
Stephens isn't a climate scientist and lacks the educational background to debate
pnwmom
May 2017
#44
He's debating the CAUSES of climate change and how much human activity is a factor. n/t
pnwmom
May 2017
#51
I'm a paleontologist and evolutionary biologist by inclination and much formal training.
hunter
May 2017
#17