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5. I didn't think I was making an excuse for them, except

Sat Aug 22, 2015, 11:50 AM

Aug 2015

as finding them clueless (but open) in a literate, civilized society is an excuse. I'm just dealing with the card we have been given.

A portion of the climate-deniers are "soft." That is, they haven't really though much (or deeply) about the matter., but they are open to logic and common sense. Thus, a portion of these might be strongly persuaded with the few facts above. And these few facts, because they are simple and solid, might work better with this crowd than all the charts or ice and heat over time.

Simply that.

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Question: Where does the 97% of climate scientists come from? Answer: [View all] skip fox Aug 2015 OP

But not true cynics HassleCat Aug 2015 #1

I agree, somethng like this, or a complex ot such things skip fox Aug 2015 #2

The deniers hook on to very likely mankind yeoman6987 Aug 2015 #7

If their motives really were to board the gravy train truebluegreen Aug 2015 #3

I didn't think I was making an excuse for them, except skip fox Aug 2015 #5

Sorry, I didn't intend to imply that you were excusing them; truebluegreen Aug 2015 #10

No problem. I was just clarifying. skip fox Aug 2015 #13

I know... Wounded Bear Aug 2015 #9

the reason certain people hate science olddots Aug 2015 #4

There are many who hate science because hifiguy Aug 2015 #6

What's curious is how they hate it selectively, skip fox Aug 2015 #8

K&R Tobin S. Aug 2015 #11

Personally I think the race to toast, or skip fox Aug 2015 #12