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assumption

Tom Brosz — 10/5/2005 6:58:56 PM (archived)

First of all, I wasn't talking about you specifically.

Second, we've been over this before, on a number of issues. In any issue where there is controversy, and argument, when one side or the other constantly and enthusiastically leaps on arguments supporting a position, while constantly dismissing any arguments that might cast doubt on this position, at some point you simply have to draw the conclusion that this person is pushing for a particular outcome.

This attitude, obviously, is seen on both sides of issues like global warming. I can come up with lots of psychological reasons why someone would summarily dismiss every piece of evidence for global disaster. Normal human desire to ignore something painful would be just one.

I just can't explain why some people are hard over on the idea of everything going to hell in a handbasket.

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Without getting into causes... - alcaray - 9/29/2005 3:28:08 PM
- No...let's get into causes. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/30/2005 12:35:01 PM
  - A medly of pseudoscience - DL - 9/30/2005 5:47:52 PM
    - Omission of a single word. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/30/2005 10:10:20 PM
  - Ah yea! That explains why there are no aurorae in the South... err (n/t) - alcaray - 9/30/2005 4:09:26 PM
  - You should be a guest on the Art Bell show. - Scott Evil - 9/30/2005 3:36:13 PM
- Certainly, it matters. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 9/30/2005 11:59:51 AM
- More on this - Tom Brosz - 9/29/2005 9:42:52 PM
  - Try this - Fox - 9/30/2005 2:58:30 AM
    - Good answer. - Tom Brosz - 9/30/2005 5:13:23 AM
  - What's to explain? (n/t) - alcaray - 9/29/2005 10:54:46 PM
    - What, only the northern hemisphere is getting warmer? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/30/2005 12:58:46 AM
      - The observation is the observation is the observation - alcaray - 9/30/2005 3:32:03 PM
        
        Let's just say "amateur planetologist" - Fox - 9/30/2005 7:39:09 PM
        
        Fox had a reasonable response. See above. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/30/2005 4:40:49 PM
        
        When did Fox become a climatologist? - alcaray - 9/30/2005 4:53:32 PM
        
        Does he have to be one? I'm not. - Tom Brosz - 10/1/2005 1:25:23 AM
        
        Will it be significant when polar bears can no longer "be up there"? (n/t) - alcaray - 10/2/2005 4:57:22 PM
        
        How long do you think polar bears have been up there? - Tom Brosz - 10/3/2005 3:28:46 AM
        
        Not much of an answer to my question, buddy. Or am I to infer your answer was "no". (n/t) - alcaray - 10/3/2005 3:14:51 PM
        
        The polar bears are going to be fine. Okay? - Tom Brosz - 10/3/2005 4:24:03 PM
        
        Go back and read the question again. Go back and read the question in the original post. - alcaray - 10/3/2005 5:22:44 PM
        
        Great jumping ursines. I'm not the one who brought up polar bears! - Tom Brosz - 10/3/2005 9:38:14 PM
        
        It was so simple a question. Sorry about all the stress. (n/t) - alcaray - 10/3/2005 9:50:59 PM
        
        No, you're playing "dense" again. - Tom Brosz - 10/3/2005 10:14:28 PM
        
        Smallest steps possible without reverting to baby talk. - alcaray - 10/3/2005 11:44:26 PM
        
        Does it matter? - Tom Brosz - 10/4/2005 3:54:28 AM
        
        I hope you are right. (n/t) - alcaray - 10/4/2005 3:04:44 PM
        
        I'll ask the same question I brought up in Lindy's thread above... - Tom Brosz - 10/4/2005 11:36:52 PM
        
        I think the assumption that you make within your question is false. - alcaray - 10/5/2005 2:58:35 PM
        
        assumption - Tom Brosz - 10/5/2005 6:58:56 PM
        
        Can't you really? - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/6/2005 3:57:23 AM
        
        re: assumption - alcaray - 10/5/2005 8:16:21 PM
        
        Polar bears are actually migrants from the Sahara. (n/t) - DL - 10/3/2005 3:52:31 PM
        
        Did you cry over the loss of the Wooly Mammoth? Sabretooth Tiger? (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/3/2005 1:58:09 AM
        
        Yes, I did. (n/t) - alcaray - 10/3/2005 3:15:42 PM
        
        I knew you were older, but wow! - Tony - 10/3/2005 8:04:18 PM
        
        Nah, he just rented "Ice Age" (n/t) - Sam F. - 10/4/2005 12:54:55 PM
        
        Fred and Wilma did. - Mary Anne - 10/3/2005 12:02:24 PM
        
        LOL Yabba Dabba Dooo! ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/4/2005 8:09:44 AM
- done - McFly - 9/29/2005 5:33:47 PM
- Yes! - Scott Evil - 9/29/2005 5:05:04 PM
  - Does the Earth have too much water? - REB - 9/29/2005 5:16:27 PM
    - re: Does the Earth have too much water? - Scott Evil - 9/29/2005 8:09:34 PM
- re: Without getting into causes... - REB - 9/29/2005 4:20:30 PM
  - I think you mean "uninhabitable" within 10000 years... - Scott Evil - 9/29/2005 5:10:34 PM
    - I don't think you've got a grasp of the timframe of this change (n/t) - alcaray - 9/29/2005 5:24:57 PM
    - D'oh! - REB - 9/29/2005 5:21:01 PM
- Traitorous Scumbag!!! This is a Media-fascist anti-freedom conspiracy! Admit it! You want to take away my SUV! (n/t) - DL - 9/29/2005 3:32:02 PM
  - don't blame me...I don't own an SUV. - Scott Evil - 9/29/2005 5:14:42 PM
  - That article amazingly has no reference to human-induced greenhouse effect - SDF - 9/29/2005 3:58:56 PM
    - Give me a break - DL - 9/29/2005 4:17:30 PM

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