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75. An explanation

Okay, then it's stupid/specious/disingenuous because you obviously knew there were more than 2 options but you presented only 2 as if that's all there was. Well, if you don't see any "implying" or "insinuating" there well to use your words "that's your problem, not mine". You knew there were more than 2 options but you purposely left others out. It's a pointless and meaningless for the same reasons.

"If global warming is not occurring, then. . ." is a hypothetical that references an untrue reality which is what yours did and which is what I meant to say rather than what I wrote. (In other words I concede that my wording re hypotheticals was off/wrong). Not that such utterances can be without value, for ex: "if global warming is not occurring then we would expect. .. ." But to only present 2 hypothetical possibilities as if those that are all that is there is specious/disingenuous, when you quite obviously knew there was more to it than that.

And if technically your remarks were not a "false dichotomy" than they were a "false choice": "The presentation of a false choice often reflects a deliberate attempt to eliminate several options that may occupy the middle ground on an issue" (Wikipedia).