Quote from: ChiGirl on January 28, 2015, 09:57:40 AM
Thank goodness there was a trigger warning. I didn't realize how hard I would be laughing with these comments.
I've seen people use this guy as "proof" against us, but there always the same people who tend to be anti-scientist. You know, the 98% of scientists who say global warming is real because they were all bought off by Al Gore.
1. Make up global warming.
2. ?
3. Profits!
"Appeal to the masses" is a logical fallacy.
Regarding scientists who profess things that aren't founded in reality...Remember, 100 years ago scientists (in America, much less so in Germany) were promoting the idea of racial superiority. 500 years ago scientists were arguing, with a straight face, that the Earth was the center of the universe.
Scientists will, in general, promote whatever idea the ruling class(es) want promoted, and will use either false studies, misinterpreted data, errors of omission, or even their preferred holy book to justify their version of "science."
If they don't, they are essentially black listed by potential funding sources, and thus are silenced and/or limited to the fringes of society.
Given this, how would we know if we're being fed a "party line" that has no
real basis in science?
Just a thought, not meant to derail.
