NCSE and climate change

Is there a need for an NCSE for climate science? See Genie Scott's interview with "Flock of Dodos" filmmaker Randy Olson.

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Education

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• NCSE
• Genie Scott
• Randy Olson
• evolution
• global warming
• climate change
• AGW

[Nibielari]

NCSE and Genie are a national treasure we owe a lot to them and all their hard work

[Desertphile]

@taylort123 ; The science of global climate change is settled. It's an observed fact, and the mechanisms involved are understood. There is no more debate on the issue among scientists: the last skeptics ceased being skeptics over a decade ago. You'll just have to adjust.

[ClamCrunchy]

Awesome that NCSE is taking on climate change denialism. With so much nonsense in the media and so much public confusion over the topic, it's about time something was done about it. But as with defending evolution, NCSE is going to have a long, hard fight defending climate change science. And this will be a different fight - rather than dealing with skeptics with a religious motive, they will have to deal with oil and natural gas companies distorting scientific data for the sake of profit.

[TheEfkk]

@Meurglys33 Actually, mainstream textbooks on religion, such as "Experiencing the World's Religions" by Molloy ( 2009) treats environmentalism as a religion or rather a "religious phenomena". The correct reply is to point out that climate science has nothing per se to do with environmentalism and equating the two is basically a straw man argument.

[bonnevie9]

@Meurglys33 Good reply to a dope

[Meurglys33]

@gypsyhamlet "I disagree with her -- evolution is scientific but environmentalism is the religion for the leftists."

-ism doesn't = a religion. Maybe environmentalism is more of a philosophy, but the climate science is as scientific as you can get. And what the science tells us is that the earth is warming, partly because of humans. Now if you want to do something about it or not is entirely up to you. But you can't throw climate science in the same bag as PETA and call it a religion.

[BlueRonin44]

@Desertphile Aw, but I wanted the last word! Fine. Just tell me where to mail the check and who to make it out to.

[Desertphile]

@BlueRonin44 ; So, you admit you are too stupid to work Google. Well, that's your problem. I told you I will go the work for you for $200.

[saxmanchiro]

@BlueRonin44 Just go to the AMS site. There is a little hunting involved to find their statement, but they essentially ditto the IPCC Synthesis report of 07. The AMS statement is in effect until 2012(if no new science comes out to refute this position). It will be 4 yrs in Feb since they put this up on their site. The AMS represents one of the biggest professional meteorological groups in the world and they are members of the International MS.

[BlueRonin44]

@HAL9000unit Thanks for the information. I'll read it when I have the time to look them over. I'm also a layman and not a scientist, but I'll give it my best.