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15. Intelligent people who nonetheless engage in tortured bourgeois soothsaying in order to...

Sun Apr 2, 2023, 09:09 AM

Apr 2023

...defend the indefensible, show the limits of "intelligence," whatever "intelligence" is supposed to be.

It's appalling.

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An intelligent friend found this argument about the climate crisis plausible [View all] JudyM Mar 2023 OP

Sorry to say: sophistry. I live in a higher risk area which Tetrachloride Mar 2023 #1

Using rational logic relayerbob Mar 2023 #2

Thanks for the wet bulb reference orthoclad Apr 2023 #10

The key phrase in the quote is orthoclad Mar 2023 #4

Sophistry, as noted above orthoclad Mar 2023 #9

That Delphinus Apr 2023 #14

Plot the rise in CO2 concentration orthoclad Apr 2023 #16

Methane blowholes in Siberia orthoclad Apr 2023 #11

This increase in CO2 is rising faster than ever IbogaProject Apr 2023 #12

From your ScienceDaily link: orthoclad Apr 2023 #13