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CollinMaessen38 karma

Hey! You're quoting me without attribution, you bastard. ;-P

http://www.realsceptic.com/2013/09/16/97-climate-consensus-denial-the-debunkers-again-not-debunked/

Still find it really weird when people quote me...

CollinMaessen13 karma

Anthony Watts started this with a retweet to his followers (which he now seems to have removed).

Also the climate science denier reddit /r/climateskeptic called attention to this: http://www.reddit.com/r/climateskeptics/comments/2fu0mj/john_cook_is_doing_an_ama_right_now/

This probably happened on multiple locations, but I haven't checked further as I just got up. It's a known tactic used by science deniers to try to disrupt or take over high profile science communication efforts.

CollinMaessen6 karma

For Richard Tol it's simple:

There is no doubt in my mind that the literature on climate change overwhelmingly supports the hypothesis that climate change is caused by humans. I have very little reason to doubt that the consensus is indeed correct

The rest what he wrote takes a bit more understanding and finesse to concisely convey where the mistakes are: http://www.realsceptic.com/2014/06/05/richard-tols-97-percent-scientific-consensus-gremlins/

CollinMaessen6 karma

On the subject of the 97% consensus paper:

  • What do you think is the least understood part from it?
  • What do you consider the least highlighted interesting finding?
  • What was the silliest attack on the paper?