hankx7787 comments on Global warming is a better test of irrationality that theism - Less Wrong

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Comment author: hankx7787 16 March 2012 08:36:32PM *  1 point [-]

I appreciate someone at least providing some evidence :P

However, this article doesn't address the criticism that the temperature graph is flawed/inaccurate as I have seen persuasively argued. I don't have any resources on hand since I looked into this years ago.

If you want to make the case that this issue is a rationality "litmus test", then not only should you really be providing some evidence, but you should be showing that the arguments against the evidence are wrong, too. You should be able to make a pretty unequivocal case, right?

Comment author: CarlShulman 16 March 2012 09:29:43PM 7 points [-]

I'm going to take Steven's advice below and not recap climate discussion here. However, if you want to do your own research and make a large-stakes bet about persuading some designated neutral judges on the extent of warming in the last 100 years, structured to express the disagreement, I would probably be keen to take it.