Interesting argument about Global Warming

Interesting argument about Global Warming

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[Sepero1]

Oh shit, Pascal's Wager! You got me.

Now I believe in Global warming and God!

[mav7469]

@Sepero1 not trying to change your mind. Just getting you to think about it. If you want a closed mind, that is your problem.

[asbecka]

You are forgetting that there can be environmental catastrophes on the yes/false side as well such as global cooling and slipping into another ice age. The trick is what exactly to do and in what amount. Please stop drinking the kool aid and do some actual critical thinking.

[mav7469]

I agree that there can be catastrophes and things that were not expected. But keep in mind that the scientific community has stated that "Humans are the main cause of Global Climate Change". If humans caused the problem, shouldn't humans fix the problem? Let me put it another way. We knew about the Sub Prime Mortgage problem at least 2 years ago. If we had done something about it then, would be in as bad a mess as we are now?

[HiddenFacedMatt]

Well mav7469, are you still reading comments? I think I can poke a hole in the idea that this argument makes False vs True "moot"; there are other risks to taking action when unnecessary than just the financial cost; there's also a cost to credibility. If what we do causes a depression and we later find out it was unnecessary, how inclined are future generations going to be to listen to future warnings that sound similar to ours? Of course society needs to be careful; careful about crying "wolf"

[mav7469]

As far as credibility, I will not even mention how our current administrations is viewed in most of the world for everything else they have done, most of the rest of the world has already acknowledged that global warming is a problem and that it needs to be resolved. The problem is that the three biggest makers of CO2 gas do not think there is a problem. They are the USA, Russia and China.

[nlpjohn]

@mav7469 Sepero's replay was quite clever though you are too dull witted to see why... Your response is an ad hominen. Educate yourself before you make a bigger fool of yourself...

[xdassinx]

Game over for climate change skeptics.

The Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature (Best) study was set up to test the findings of other studies and was part-funded by US billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch.

The results of BEST match those of prior studies.

So far this week the conservative main stream media has largely ignored the study. Maybe because they're waiting for it to be officially published. That'd be a first. Probably because they're working on the Spin job they'll do.

[SobeHall]

Why does this guy remind me of "Bill Nye the Science Guy" ...

[SobeHall]

What about the current satellite readings that show global warming is a hoax??

[donschmiddy]

@plustax12 actually his arguments are all valid, if you can prove him different, post a vid. :)

[tdiandtdafan]

@HiddenFacedMatt you mean like the first hurricane that almost hit New Orleans, and then Katrina?

[plustax12]

This man must have never taken a logic class. He makes untrue assumptions, assigns conclusion from invalid premises, and disregards entire variables from the truth table.

If you are looking for a solid argument for global warming, this is not it.

Please do your own research into the validity of Anthropogenic GW. The best utilities are University and Public Library scholarly journal databases. There are many studies showing vastly different predictions for our future. Good luck in your research!

[vincedeporter]

"We can't know for certain that whatever we do to try to fix it won't make the problem worse?" So true -- so let's do nothing. Let's not even try to find better solutions. Let's just 'see' what happens. Your comment is misleading to a burn.