re: #115 Kewalo

Until the email issue came up I had been completely ignoring this issue. I hadn’t done any thinking about it much less read anything. But when I saw those science ignorant people being so happy I went and looked into in. And I’ve been having a ball learning all about it. I have literally spent hours reading about it.

I’m in almost the same boat. Reading about the leaks, then quickly seeing them for what they were, has definitely sparked a renewed interest in the science myself. I’ve got a background in Physics and was familiar with much of the science before, but digging around and reading about feedback mechanisms, radiative forcing, solar cycles and temperature proxies… it’s certainly kept me occupied.

Yes, there are a lot of very stupid people who have fallen for the “Climategate” charade. But there are also many people who see it for the non-issue it is and who are thinking about a serious issue that they otherwise might not have.

It’s hard to tell what the net effect will be. At the very least, I’d hope more people are made aware of how blindingly easy most of the denier’s arguments are to refute.