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re: Nope, not a specialist.

Not a problem as far as I'm concerned. I'm not one of those that thinks you need "climate scientist" posted on the wall to be able to rationally analyze the subject any more than you need to be a professional in any field to think about that field, or maybe even make a contribution.

I have seen many examples of someone taking a list of people who object to something about the current wisdom on climate, and crossing people off of it for "not having climate science credentials." In this way people like Nigel Calder, Robert Forward and others have been declared too stupid to contribute to the discussion.

It's worth remembering that almost every brand-new invention or discovery in history was accomplished by someone who was not a certified specialist in that particular invention.

Or to make it a bit simpler, Wilbur and Orville didn't have degrees in aeronautical engineering.

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