Eminent Physicists Skeptical of AGW Alarm

[Wildcat]

So do you reject all appeals to authority via "consensus"?

 

The whole point of the petition project list is to undermine a legitimate appeal to the authority of experts on the subject with an illegitimate appeal to the authority of a small proportion of the ouch larger group of non-expert people with a science degree

[Obelix]

The question makes perfect sense but admitting this would cripple your position. Like I said you failure to answer it is all I needed to know.

 

What position? The only position I have taken is that your evocation of a list of eminent scientists who are not in the relevant field, and half of whom are dead does nothing to bolster your argument.

 

Now if you want to explain what you mean by "concensus" then I may consider replying

[back2basics]

Poptech it seems you don't understand what a logical fallacy is.

 

You really need to start there, with the basics so you can understand the points being made to you.

 

Here, i made it easy for you, here are some links. Let this be a start to your learning and a move away from parroting. You will thank us for it.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacy

http://www.logicalfallacies.info/

 

Also you don't understand what a strawman is either, so do some reading in to that.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man