Ad hominen argument. Since you can't disagree with the fact that a specialist knows what his colleagues are thinking, then you must challenge the person's credentials to avoid addressing the issue. Of course, you can always ask for credentials from the poster himself.
I can spend some time digging up some links here but I think you'll just probably diss them as being un-credentialed too.
Please post my EXACT quote where I said that.
Sounds like you are conceding that 17,000 scientists might NOT constitute a majority.
THERE ARE NO CREDENTIALS!
Of course, you can always ask for credentials from the poster himself.
They weren't the one who made the assertion. YOU WERE.
I can spend some time digging up some links here
One would think you would have had those links before making your assertion.
Sounds like you are conceding that 17,000 scientists might NOT constitute a majority.
I ask AGAIN. Where did I say anything about majority?
The fact of the matter is that the 17,000 scientists are a lot more than the 2000 that signed the IPCC report. Also, in 1997, a Gallup poll of climatologists showed that 83% disagreed with the human-made global warming theory.