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Originally Posted by kennyc
No Ralph, your the one that said we have to replicate the Earth and that the results otherwise were bogus.
As far as YOUR data, many others have raised exactly the same issues and they have been addressed by the climate scientists who all agree that it has been considered in the results.
I have no requirement to debate you on this - it is not my science or my publication (despite the fact that I agree with it). You are perfectly welcome to your opinion. If you are so certain it negates the published conclusions then certainly you should be working to present that to the world.
As far as your analogy you miss one very important point that I've made repeatedly. Scientists are not perfect, nor are all of them right all of the time, but Science IS. It is Science that says this about Global Warming and yes I believe it. Science is the ultimate and best tool we have to understand the world around us.
I'm not sure if you are accusing me of calling you names, but I have not and will not. I respect you as an individual but your opinion on this issue is wrong.
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See, kenny, that's where things start turning south. Ralph's opinion isn't wrong anymore than yours is. Just because it doesn't coincide with yours doesn't make it wrong. There are many supported arguments on both sides. Keeping an open mind and listening to both sides of the argument (without obvious sarcasm) is (or should be) the basis of the Scientific process that you embrace. I'm really not trying to pick at you. I respect your opinions to much for that, but I think we should all keep an open mind when listening to the opinions of others. I'm no great scholar, just a humble teacher who sees the validity of debate. We learn so much more when debating an issue than we do when we are forced to accept one hypothesis or theory.
You are correct in saying that Science is at the core of the argument. Unfortunately, our understanding of the scientific findings can vary greatly. You believe that Darwin was correct in his hypothesis. Others have disproved his hypothesis. I think it's a combination of the two. Although we would like Science to be exact, it rarely is.