Way to go Col. Cunningham (USMC, Ret.), tell it like it is. Facts are great destroyers of the untruth. Yes, the alarmist just skip over the required steps of the Scientific Method. And consensus is NOT a part of the Scientific Method.
Like ‘new’ math, we have a ‘new’ scientific method.
Here is how it works.
Pick you conclusion. Then go back and try to find facts which support your conclusion.
If you do, then only use those facts or figures.
If you can’t find any, then make them up.