Mr. Tea
Let's Talk About Ceps
Well with regard to climate science in particular, you've got a somewhat funny situation. Sure, there are piecemeal regulations here and there to promote this emission-reduction target or that tree-planting initiative, but 90% of the time it's business-as-usual, with most of our electrical energy and transport fuel being derived from fossil fuels, and largely unabated tropical deforestation. The industrial establishment is perfectly happy with this, of course, even if it grumbles about "unreasonable" environmental regulations. It's the scientific establishment that's pointing out the effects of industry and land use on the climate.
Something that's very dangerous here is the "voice from the wilderness" fallacy, whereby the dissenting minority voice is given more credence than the far larger establishment voice. You know, the whole "They said Galileo/Einstein/[whoever] was wrong but he turned out to be right, therefore [this guy] who everyone says is wrong must actually be right". See also: AIDS denialism.
Something that's very dangerous here is the "voice from the wilderness" fallacy, whereby the dissenting minority voice is given more credence than the far larger establishment voice. You know, the whole "They said Galileo/Einstein/[whoever] was wrong but he turned out to be right, therefore [this guy] who everyone says is wrong must actually be right". See also: AIDS denialism.
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