So, for you it's all a matter of trust or lack of it, not a matter of exercising your critical intelligence? — Janus
So, for you it's all a matter of trust or lack of it, not a matter of exercising your critical intelligence?
— Janus
Ultimately I'm just taking scientists at their word, so yes trust is important. And over the last decade or so my trust in academia has eroded a great deal, with Covid being the nail on that coffin. — Tzeentch
I'm amazed at the lack of skepticism from the average person towards both media and government. It's not like they do not have clear record of nefarious and outright deceptive behavior. Why do people so easily keep trusting them with so much shit? Where is a speck of suspended judgment to be found? It is insane. — Merkwurdichliebe
A huge amount of progress has been made, but there are still problems, like the cloud problem — frank
I'm amazed at the lack of skepticism from the average person towards both media and government. — Merkwurdichliebe
People are not skeptical when they are told things that they want to believe are true.
People are not skeptical when they are told things that agree with their opinion. — Agree-to-Disagree
If this is true, this is also true for you, so you have effectively said exactly nothing. — Benkei
So you don't believe you have any ability as an educated layperson to critically assess the plausibility of scientific claims? — Janus
I live by the sea, and empirically I observe none of the supposedly world-shattering trends that people talk about. — Tzeentch
Why haven't any of the beaches gotten smaller in the past 25 years from rising sea levels. I figured they would have closed many flooded beaches by this point. — Merkwurdichliebe
People are not skeptical when they are told things that they want to believe are true. — Agree-to-Disagree
Why haven't any of the beaches gotten smaller in the past 25 years from rising sea levels. — Merkwurdichliebe
Sea levels along coastlines from North Carolina to Texas have risen in excess of 10 millimeters a year (about a half inch) compared to an average of about 2 millimeters a year over the last century, said Sönke Dangendorf, an assistant professor at Tulane University. "The science is very clear."
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