No, Im pretty sure I know what the topic is since I started it, and its that Hansen beleive denying global warming should be criminal. Misinformation is synonomous with disgagreement when critics claim that truth is absolute as Hansen does. Hansen calls it misinformation, we call it disagreement.

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Why don't you quote the passage where Hansen claims global warming is an absolute truth?

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Then it's not much of a topic. Please quote the passage where mr. Hansen expresses his belief that denying global warming should be criminal

Nah, whatever kind of absoluteness or relativeness is attributed to the truth of a certain issue does not alter the meaning of concepts like misinformation and disagreement. That kind of reasoning is called a non sequitur.

By the way, I don't understand this claim you're making. Reading the article, mr. Hansen himself points out that skepticism is a natural part of science. That's actually the same as saying that science has no capacity for absolutes. How can you then still say he's claiming a scientific issue to be an absolute truth? Your assessment doesn't make sense.

No, you just happen to agree with the contents of the misinformation. That doesn't make the misinformation any less of deliberately false statements.

I cant think of any better response than: whatever.

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Of course you can't. You make spurious charges and false assertions that you can't support, and naturally you aren't going to admit that you're in the wrong, which leaves "whatever".

Well done, lad.

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Wahtever seems pretty appropriate to me. In Hansen's own words he says it should be a crime. It's hard to continue any sort of discussion with one who simply can't accept that Hansen actually said it (quoted as saying it and wrote it himself).

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Well, there is the question of precisely what "it" refers to. But at least we can safely rule out that he meant the mere denial of GW.

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Here's the what: Lock'em all up.

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No, it makes him a fool.

There is nothing wrong, really, with scientists funded by or even working directly for a biased party. Ironically, that's often the only way to broaden the field of research by pursuing different paths than the popularly called "consensus". But no scientist in his right mind gets on the payrole of a biased party and actually contributes to the popular debate rather than keeping to the science.

Agreed.

I can't think of a better and more accurate response than: I know.

Precisely. We're talking about intentionally spreading misinformation, not the mere denial of GW.

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Bullshit. The vast majority of scientists would never risk compromising their scientific integrity for money, especially after the years of outrageous work required to get in the position to actually do research.

That is a steaming pile of it. If it was only one scientist who accepted money from these sources, then maybe a bad apple has been uncovered. But that's not the case.

What utter nonsense.

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No, the vast majority of scientists will not compromise their scientific integrity by getting funded by the fossil fuel industries. I don't disagree with that. Neither in my post above nor elsewhere. What exactly are you calling bullshit?

I willing to admit that I do not have the capability to convince someone how rediculous it is to agree with someone who says people should be locked up for disagreeing with global warming. My time would be better spent convincing someone the sky is purple.

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It is sometimes.

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