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akuma587 on 15 November 2008
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thetonestarr said:
akuma587 said:
thetonestarr said:

Lovely how you pick and choose what to reply to and what not. Pay attention to the rest of the post, and pretty much everything you just stated is entirely null and void.

 

(1) You are simply assuming that one year's worth of data means something,

(2) and then you prove that your own claim is ridiculous by citing as authority records that go back as far as possible (based on millions of years worth of data, which you can actually draw reliable inferences from).

(3) Its just laughable that you claim to have an informed viewpoint on a scientific issue when you have the scientific reasoning skills of a middle school student.  You would look equally ridiculous if you were trying to argue for global warming.  Bad reasoning is bad reasoning, no matter what side of an argument you are on.

 

 

(1) Again, stop picking and choosing what to reply to. I did NOT list that as data proving there wasn't a trend in weather patterns. I DID list it as data proving that what scientists/global-warming activists have been saying is false.

(2) You're going to have to reword this, because you managed to make very little sense here. One thing to say, though, is that "millions of years worth of data" doesn't exist, since there is no reliable way to ensure that the data gathered from studying rock and fossil layers is accurate. We haven't been studying this sort of thing long enough to prove that the science behind it is accurate, and it can not be taken at any value. To claim that it can be is to admit ignorance.

(3) Funny, I can say the same thing about you, but does insulting each other actually get us anywhere? No, it really only incites anger and shows immaturity. Let's keep the personal blows to a minimum and act like adults, eh?

You never actually mentioned what scientists and global warming activists have been saying, which is one of the reasons why you hung yourself with your own logic, or lack thereof, so easily. 

You assumed that they said that every year will be hotter than the previous year, which is a false assumption.  Proponents of global warming have predicted that long-term yearly temperature trends are rising, which does not mean that if the temperature drops one year or even a few years that their claims are false.

 



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