re: #107 Obdicut

Trusting scientists, who operate in an environment of close scrutiny, demonstrable results, and empirical data is not just trusting the smart guys. Thus, Western civilization.

So no, believing that science works and other forms of belief are not comparable, in general.

We’re at cross purposes I think. If an English Lit professor who’s never sat a minute in a statistics class believes in AGW, it is good for him. Much of the public has neither the tools or patience to go through the whole process. However, the thought process in his head is ‘belief’, not ‘scientific proof’. Some get to AGW one way, some the other, hence my original choice of words “theory or belief”. I do not mean to belittle either the science or the people with unrelated professions.