re: #159 Kewalo

IMO the point is why would you use a political site link to discuss anything about science when there are so many good scientific links. There are literally tons of good articles, here’s a good one for you.

[Link: www.scientificamerican.com…]

None of these articles helped me convince anyone and I doubt that most global warming deniers will ever change their opinion, no matter how much evidence is thrown at them. Most true skeptics I know are now debating the methodology used or the amount of global warming that is actually happening rather than the fact that humans are, on some level at least, contributing to global warming.

I have a friend who’s a denier who literally believed every single claim in that article and more. I had known the rebuttals beforehand from keeping at least minimally informed on the issue—but no amount of argument could convince him. Even after showing him conclusively that his sources for ‘information’ on the ‘AGW hoax’ were full of lies, he wouldn’t have any of it. This is the same friend of mine who compares evolution to alien astronaut theory, who says the big bang is the most ridiculous idea ever proposed by scientists and who watches Glenn Beck everyday.

There is no argument to be had with these people—no amount of evidence will ever be able to convince them.