Is it worth to spend energy on argueing with denialists?
Isn’t it more efficient to convince 10 people to think about their new car’s ecological footprint instead of trying to convert one skeptic getting paid for his pertinacity?
However simplified statements, driven by grade of simpleness and professional promotion, find easily their way into public opinion and need awareness plus preparation.
It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his job depends on not understanding it.
Upton Sinclair, US novelist & socialist politician (1878 - 1968)
David Archer attended a talk by Dennis Avery ‘Unstoppable Global Warming Every 1500 Years’ and condensed it to an interesting blog entry at realclimate.org using a point/counterpoint structure.
“Avery and Singer: Unstoppable hot air” and the discussion is both worth reading and exemplary.
More: illconsidered.blogspot.com: How to Talk to a Global Warming Sceptic
Picture credit: Chris Madden, ‘The beast that ate the Earth’
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