Fear / Loathing / Reality

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Consensus is not science.

Dbasnett's flat Earth analogy is perfectly apt in this case. Just because a majority of scientists once believed the Earth was flat did not make it true.
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So even with
1) At least 90% of Scientists who say Global Warming is accelerated significantly by Humans, with decades of climate data to back it up.
2) That the world's oil reserves are being evaporated into the atmosphere as CO2, and hard science that says excessive CO2 will trap heat ...

you aren't convinced?

Then is it possible to have evidence that would be beyond a reasonable doubt for you?


Also I don't think it's fair to call the Flat Earth proponents scientists, more philosophers. This flat earth theory was accepted during a time before the Scientific method was accepted, when people thought the world was made of four elements, without any proof or testing of their theories.

If you want a better analogy, you should use the time when Scientists didn't believe in the floating-continents theory.