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Climate Science Denial: A rational activity built on incoherence and conspiracy theories | HotWhopper

Posted by thompnickson2 on Nov 25, 2020; 6:46pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Climate-Science-Denial-A-rational-activity-built-on-incoherence-and-conspiracy-theories-HotWhopper-tp7599638.html

Glen, n all,

I actually read most of this before I am passing it on to you, a new record for me.  It relates to Wing Nuts. https://blog.hotwhopper.com/2016/09/climate-science-denial-rational.html

I found it interesting because it relates to an attempt to state the minimum conditions for a productive dialogue between people who disagree. 

So these folks meet the first two.

  1. A commitment to logic.  Otherwise inconsistencies don’t hurt, right?
  2. A commitment to the possibility of facts and a desire to find them.

They fail on the third criterion:

  1. A commitment to respectful dialogue, avoidance of contempt-speech, and an honest attempt to Steelman (sensu Ropellae) the other guy’s argument.

Nick


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