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Tag Archives: global climate change
Settled science part 2: Creating the illusion of a debate
In the previous post, I explained what we mean by “settled science” and why there often aren’t two legitimate sides to a story. Nevertheless, despite a massive scientific consensus on issues like climate change, there is still widespread disagreement among … Continue reading
Settled science part 1: Is science ever actually settled?
We are constantly told that “everyone has a right to their opinion” and “there are two sides to every story.” Our entire news system is predicated on the notion that we need to give fair time to both sides of … Continue reading
Posted in Nature of Science
Tagged burden of proof, evolution, global climate change, GMOs, scientific consensus, Vaccines
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“Follow the money”: the finances of global warming, vaccines, and GMOs
One of the most common unifying themes of the anti-science movement is the notion that large corporations and governments are concealing the truth for the sake of monetary gain. These conspiracy theories pervade blogs against GMOs, vaccines, modern medicine, global … Continue reading
Posted in Nature of Science
Tagged anti vaccine arguments, Bad arguments, conflict of interest, global climate change, GMOs, Vaccines
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7 easy ways to lose a debate
One of the saddest statistics about my life is the amount of time that I spend pointlessly debating anti-scientists. Having devoted so much time to this endeavor has, however, allowed me to observe certain patterns and trends in their debate … Continue reading
Posted in Global Warming, Rules of Logic, Science of Evolution, Vaccines/Alternative Medicine
Tagged anti vaccine arguments, Bad arguments, burden of proof, creationism, evaluating evidence, evolution, global climate change, logical fallacies, rules of logic, Vaccines
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The GHCN Temperature Adjustment Myth
Over the past few weeks, the internet has been lighting up with more absurd claims of scientific fraud. This time, the claim is that scientists have been deliberately falsifying the data in the publicly available GHCN (Global History Climatology Network) … Continue reading
Posted in Global Warming
Tagged Bad arguments, evaluating evidence, global climate change
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