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Old 8th Dec 2019, 09:17
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HabuHunter
 
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Dr Dre said: “ “There’s still a debate ongoing within science” is a logical fallacy itself.”

This is not a logical fallacy.


Dr Dre said: “Saying “both sides” implies that it’s roughly an even split between deniers and scientists”

No it doesn’t.
And I see you’ve edited your comments regarding not allowing both sides of a debate to be heard. That was a telling comment which revealed your bias.


Dr Dre said: “There were only 14 people on that declaration that could be counted as experts in the subject field.”

This is a good example of the “not a real Scotsman logical fallacy”. It it goes like this: All Scotsmen eat porridge for breakfast.
But my Uncle is a Scotsman and he doesn’t eat porridge. Oh but he isn’t a real Scotsman!

You’ve whittled down the list of 700 scientists because they’re not “real climate scientists”. How do you define a “climate scientist”? How do you determine “an expert in the field”?
Realistically just about any well trained scientist, but especially those who have studied physics, mathematics, engineering, modelling, statistics, geosciences etc will be able to look at a climate paper and follow along and understand and form an opinion.
And then you link an article which has 6 scientists commenting on the letter but only 1 of them is currently working in the climate field.
You are persistent with your fallacies but you are not consistent!








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