I have a libinlaw that REFUSES to believe that the global avg temperature has been flat for 18 years and that the polar ice caps are actually growing, not melting.
Absolutely refuses.
I asked “how many sources of this fact would it take to prove it to you?”
The answer was “one good one” (see the “No True Scotsman” logic fallacy for how that would transpire).
Out of curiosity, I spent a bit of time looking.
And, out of curiosity, I looked at an article in the LAT.
I saw then that it was futile to even try. It’s a religion.
The gist of the LAT article was that the polar caps were increasing, and that it would take some more research to determine why this was happening _SINCE_ the earth was undergoing global warming.
GW is a GIVEN to them, it’s not a conclusion based on evidence. It’s a STARTING POINT.
as I have always said:
made up data, fed into manipulated and faulty models based on a false premise, continually adjusted (along with the data itself) to always predict the desired outcome no matter the input!
Have you ever asked your in-law how many SUVs are on Mars? Mars, as well as other solar planets are experiencing global warming.