> -----Original Message----- > From: Jed Rothwell [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 3:34 AM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Vo]:first day in carbon capture
> That may be incorrect, but it is not nonsense. It is > supported by some data and some theory. The assertion made by > Fink -- that high > CO2 levels do not affect human respiration therefore the > global warming hypothesis must be wrong -- is not supported > by data or theory. It is a straw man logical fallacy; he is > refuting an argument that no one makes. > > - Jed [Fink] may be incorrect, but it is not nonsense. It is supported by some data and some theory. The assertion made by [Rothwell] -- that [Fink's claim is wrong and therefore the global warming hypothesis must be right] -- is not supported by data or theory. It is a straw man logical fallacy; he is refuting an argument that no one makes.
