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The Logical Fallacies of Anthropogenic Global Warming
Aaron Opine Blog ^ | 2/24/10 | Aaron Opine

Posted on 02/24/2010 8:57:50 PM PST by aaronopine

Climate-Gate has certainly dealt a tremendous blow to the validity of the Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) theory, but some die-hard ignoramuses continue to assert it is true. Aside from outright reductio ad absurdum, AGW enthusiasts also frequently justify their belief using logical fallacies. I will cover a few of the more common logical fallacies (note that these are commonly used to defend many other ill-contrived ideas):

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Politics; Science; Weather
KEYWORDS: climategate; corruption; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; logic; politics

1 posted on 02/24/2010 8:57:50 PM PST by aaronopine
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To: aaronopine

good info


2 posted on 02/24/2010 9:53:53 PM PST by ArmyTeach (speak true, right the wrong, follow the King (Tennyson))
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To: nobody

AGW is dying, just not quick enough.
OTOH an additional 20 years of study may make them(AGWers) appear
20% correct.But we need time , distance and perspective
to determine that.


3 posted on 02/24/2010 10:21:08 PM PST by Sporaticus
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To: aaronopine

btrl


4 posted on 02/25/2010 1:20:02 AM PST by TigersEye (It's the Marxism, stupid! ... And they call themselves Progressives.)
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To: aaronopine; IrishCatholic; Carlucci; Desdemona; meyer; Para-Ord.45; Normandy; mmanager; ...
 


Beam me to Planet Gore !

5 posted on 02/25/2010 2:08:37 AM PST by steelyourfaith (Warmists as "traffic light" apocalyptics: "Greens too yellow to admit they're really Reds."-Monckton)
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To: aaronopine
The two tenants of AGW

This fellow makes good exposition of logical fallacies and seems to understand reason and logic then, alas, displays his own public school education. Renters of space from AGW have nothing to do with the theory or with the fallacies.

6 posted on 02/25/2010 4:06:58 AM PST by arthurus ("If you don't believe in shooting abortionists, don't shoot an abortionist." -Ann C.)
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To: arthurus

Thank you for catching my typo. Fixed.


7 posted on 02/25/2010 6:38:09 AM PST by aaronopine
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