Comment on Global warming is a better test of irrationality that theism

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:16:43 GMT

Well, it all depends on why it was downvoted. If it was a question of style and tone, I'll take that on board and take more care. If they felt the argument was incorrect, that's also relevant. Since I can't estimate how many downvoted for this reason, I'll use the critiques in the comment section as information.

But there's a bit too many downvotes for that. Downvoting from -6 to -7 is generally a sign that you really, really disliked the post (and the comment section didn't show such dislike). I can think of two possible reasons that can explain this level of dislike: maybe many see the post as troll bait/tribal, or maybe there are a few on LW who actually disbelieve AGW. In the first case, I apologise, and should have made it more clear that one of my points was that we shouldn't abandon stating the rational AGW position simply because it's tribal and attracts trolls. In the second case, it's worrying for the less wrong community.

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