re: #875 Basho

Except it’s not faith. Debate isn’t allowable when one side has taken up the position of being contrarians and obstructionists.

Nor is it possible when the other side simply stakes out a position that they are absolutely and unquestionably correct, and announces that there will be no debate allowed because the matter is already settled.

This isn’t science anymore. It’s faith-based zealotry. And to be absolutely clear, I’ll repeat myself: I’m singling out Ludwig for this criticism. Not anyone else. Not climate science in general. Not anything anyone, proponent or opponent of current climate hypothesis has stated. My criticism is that Ludwig has removed the argument from the realm of science and placed it in the realm of faith, and has demonstrated enormous hypocrisy in doing so.