These are excellent sources, and I plan to bookmark them for later classroom use.
The fundamental point however is being missed. As a citizen, I have values which I combine with knowledge in order to make decisions. When I visit a lawyer, the lawyer tells me what's possible and I decide what to do based on that knowledge and my own values. The same goes for doctors, auto mechanics, and economists. The same also goes for climate scientist, whose title should not be put in quotation marks. >From: "David B. Shemano" >I have asked this question before in different contexts. I am a >lawyer, not a "climate scientist." Just a citizen in our partial >social-democracy asked to support or oppose various political >positions. Therefore, as I am not a "climate scientist," on what >basis do you believe I (or any other non-climate scientist) can >conclude that climate change is occurring, that CO2 emissions >contribute to global warming, that geoengineering solutions are not >feasible, etc.? Are you taking the techno-elitist view that only >"experts," who are determined to be experts by other experts in a >self-perpetuating cycle, are allowed to advocate or oppose political >positions? In fact, on what basis could a non-economist (such as a >climate scientist) criticize Levitt/Dubner's economic arguments? I >can understand criticizing Levitt/Dubner for being wrong on facts, but >why attack them on their professional credentials? Is not such an >attack an example of ad hominem, appeal to authority, and other >logical fallacies? > >^^^^^^^^ > >CB: On climate change, actually, the new technology of the internet >can give you things that in the past would require going to a >university library and perhaps climatology classes. With your >critical thinking skills applied you can get for yourself a >preliminary solid answer to your question as to whether climate change >is occurring. 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