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CNN Anchor Asks With a Straight Face If Global Warming Is to Blame for Asteroid

Feb. 10, 2013 11:57am Becket Adams

“A 150-foot-wide asteroid will come remarkably close to Earth next week, even closer than high-flying communication and weather satellites,” The Associated Press reported earlier this week. “It will be the nearest known flyby for an object of this size.”

And for those of you who want to know more about this floating “megarock,” dubbed “2012 DA14,” CNN’s Deb Feyerick has got you covered. Indeed, she was there on Saturday to ask the tough questions: Did global warming cause this asteroid?

Yup.

“Every time we see a storm like this lately, the first question to pop into a lot of people’s minds is whether or not global warming is to blame?” Feyerick said, referring to snowstorm Nemo.

“I’ll talk to Bill Nye, ‘the science guy,’ about devastating storms and climate change,” she added.

After going to a quick commercial break, the CNN anchor jumped right into discussing climate change and “2012 DA14″ with Nye: “Talk about something else that’s falling from the sky and that is an asteroid. What’s coming our way? Is this an effect of, perhaps, of global warming or is this just some meteoric occasion?”

Oddly enough, Nye — who has made it his mission to challenge what calls scientifically inaccurate claims — didn’t see fit to inform Feyerick that the asteroid has been around for a lot longer than carbon-emitting SUVs and jets.

Maybe he was at a loss for word.

Oh, and in case you were wondering, scientists say the rock “will be at least 17,100 miles away when it zips past next Friday,” the AP notes. So no need to worry.

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Comments (237)

pavepaws
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 2:11pm
She obviously wasn’t hired for her brains. But then, what for?

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Charley1
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 2:10pm
Wow, gonna ask Bill Nye, the Psuedo Science Guy. I’m sure he could clear things up.

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DR7789
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 2:05pm
Go to E N E N E W S (dot) c o m for more information, great comments on the asteroid story.

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heavyduty
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 2:05pm
All I know is whatever they are paying her, it’s way too much!

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jhubbard
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 2:01pm
Don’t worry about the asteroid. According to Jesse Jackson, assault weapons can blow up railroads, shoot down airplanes and shatter asteroids.

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grickm
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 1:58pm
You can’t go much lower on the idiocy scale than this. Why would anyone watch what they have to say? Are we already the idiocracy?

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Blitz
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 1:50pm
Oh wow thats a special kind of stupid.

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coyote1hell
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 1:48pm
It’s fried brains that believe this hoax, that’s all….The Democrap..believe anything group, they are nuts…

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repairsea
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 1:38pm
The National Enquirer has more credibility than CNN. Even the Weekly World News had more believable news reports about the fictional bat boy than CNN does about Obama and congress.
BTW -Have any of you contacted your congress about our veterans getting pay and meal cuts? Amnesty? Gun Laws? If you have, thank you. If not send a message before we all end up like communist China.

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liberal_equals_liar
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 1:15pm
If she weren’t so ugly, I would have sworn that someone F’d her brains out.

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DebateMe
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 1:13pm
These sorts of liberal drones could look up into the sky, percieve a cloud-shaped asteroid, and the next thing you know asteriod shaped clouds are going to destroy the Earth and it’s all because of man-made global warming.

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ImmigrantfromSocialism
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 1:12pm
This is Socialism in a nutshell…groupthink for the Premier and politburo……and NO reference or reverence to GOD

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makingsense
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 1:10pm
Stunningly stupefying! Where does the left-wing media find such idiots? She needs to go home and turn on some cartoons. They typify the world she lives in.

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paulwbrown
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 1:07pm
What is really sad is not that the anchor asked such an absurd question but that none of us should be / are surprised that she would ask such a question given the total commitment to global warming by her network.

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libh8er
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 1:04pm
Well it’s official….. She apparently has blond roots too.

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chucksue351
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 1:04pm
she might have something here, if the global warming is indeed caused by the sun activity, then maybe the asteriod was caused by the sun, thus there might be a connection, but it does appear that she is just a useful fool

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Heb4Seven
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 1:03pm
How Ridiculous!!…We All know it’s Bush’s fault.

(That’s probably scheduled to be suggested on another of their ‘news’ programs)

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jungle J
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 1:02pm
Don’t laugh they will be fighting our wars for us soon…they will prolly win them too….ha ha ha ha ha ha ha .

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stopprintn
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 1:02pm
Ever see the modified gangster grip?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYvsWo0uu8o

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Mr.Fitnah
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:56pm
Well bless her heart.

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redfish52
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:55pm
@Leftest…to funny…Webster’s definition of mass confusion: Father’s Day in the hood….

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SIXFRIGATES
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:52pm
This, a week after a UN study conceded that the SUN is partially responsible for warming the Earth…

*facepalm*

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zetuff
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:51pm
The other day CNN~~ quote;The killings in Chicago is caused by global warming…

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Caballosinnombre
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:51pm
The same mindset that defends Obama teaches us about everything we need to know about this world. Tune in soon to the next live broadcast.

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- Miami
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 12:56am
  This woman must be driven to work each day, she’s not smart enough to drive a car
  
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- TXBadOneToo
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 2:23am
  And CNN wonders why their ratings are 30% of what they were 6 years ago.. Hello – McFly!!
  
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- Phattdad144
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 5:17am
  Its commentators like these that give the Onion its credibilty.
  
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- demsrtraitors
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 5:58am
  if she was any dumber she would have to be watered twice a day.
  
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- starman70
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 7:13am
  It says that Bill Nye didn’t give an answer. Maybe he was so dumbfounded at the utter stupidity of the CNN reporter that he couldn’t answer.
  
  Just goes to show what the lamestream media is hiring these days.
  
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- HKS
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 8:47am
  Well, at least you know who the idiots are. And just think, he gets paid for that.
  
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- bonesiii
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 11:02am
  Honestly, Bill Nye is highly political. I’m sure he was trying very, very, very hard not to wince and rant at her, not because he was at a loss for words per se (though he might have been — really I doubt it though because this is what “his people” — evolutionists, etc. — are like; he’s probably used to it!), but because he is painfully aware (methinks) that she’s a vaulted lib. And you don’t let vaulted libs look stupid even if they just finished doing that better than you ever could anyways.
  
  In other news, I’m going to officially blame black holes, quasars, supernova, and locally comets, Io volcanic eruptions, and solar flares all on global warming. Manmade, that is, of course.
  
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- sillyfreshness
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 3:11pm
  Pure propaganda. CNN is just a government stooge.
  
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- SocialistSlayer
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 4:48pm
  We have a name for her and her kind……. Rocks with Lips !
  
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- SendTheMeteors
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 8:10pm
  Well, my last post is somewhere but not here. You can find it if you’re interested. Anyway UNALIEN, you’re making progress, and starting to discuss actual issues. I think that’s terrific. You’ve started talking about science and less about politics. You apparently have read up on some issues and I’m proud of you for that.
  
  Now you may be ready for an intermediate discussion. Start here, then we can talk: http://www.skepticalscience.com/empirical-evidence-for-co2-enhanced-greenhouse-effect-advanced.htm
  
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UNALIEN
Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:46pm
“:modern liberalism” is a subversion of critical thought aka brainwashing, like a cult they are given an ideological conclusion like humans are destroying the planet by causing global warming and instead of using logic and reason a “modern liberal” will try to post rationalize the ideology.. so, anything that threatens the Earth must be global warming caused by man..

Modern liberalism is a brainwashing cult, an ideology that imposes “reality” collectively that renders its members drones…

an ideology subverting the process of reason and logic to maintain that ideological narrative.

It is a cult of confirmation bias… they are lost, gone, drones that can never accept logic and reason…

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- Afungi
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 12:51pm
  Well put!
  
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- John 1776
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 1:05pm
  In every science experiment, you calculate markers for outcome #1 and markers for outcome #2. That way you can subjectively determine if the experiment proved or disproved something.
  
  In the global warming debate, all the markers are judged for outcome #1, and none for outcome #2. Therefore, no matter what happens, it is outcome #1.
  
  Accordingly, this means if I had Diarrhea this morning, it was due to Global Warming. Any respected scientist would find this method has a closer resemblance to what was in the toilet.
  
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- hypnos
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 1:07pm
  I guess we can blame global warming on liquifying what little grey matter this idiot reporter has left in her coconut.
  
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- NHwinter
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 1:11pm
  They seem to find justification for anything – global warming and anti-gun control, even connecting that to racism. Progressives have absolutely been dumbed down. Dr. Carson for President – a voice of reason and intelligence.
  
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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 1:21pm
  Well stated, drone bees, repeat all that they are given with no thought or desire to challenge the veracity of the information they are given by their communist leadership.
  
  They tow the line, so that if an asteroid out in the vacuum of space approaches the earth, therefore global warming has to be the cause – insanity at its finest.
  
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- DR7789
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 2:00pm
  If everyone wants to learn more about this story, highly recommend you scroll down and read the comments here:
  
  http://enenews.com/bill-nye-cnn-asteroid-will-miss-about-15-minutes-next-week-flatten-around-1200-sq-miles-coming-closer-tv-satellites-similar-size-1908-tunguska-event-siberia-video
  
  The folks who comment on Enenews are smart and do their homework.
  
  Feel free to join in!
  
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- RabidPatriot
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 2:18pm
  I think that the followers of the environment religion, are just not smart enough to understand how cyclical climate change works. The mindless drones are just used to hearing from their gurus that man-made global warming causes everything. It does not matter how illogical the problems is.
  
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- TruthTalker
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 2:31pm
  When I woke up this morning, my coffee was hot! I need to send Al Gore some money so this tragedy can be stopped.
  
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- 13th Imam
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 2:34pm
  “Blonde Moment”?
  
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- SREGN
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 2:36pm
  Is there an Affirmative Action program for stupid people? She’s the poster child.
  
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- jakartaman
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 3:41pm
  We need to put these poor idiots out of there collective stupidity – soon!
  
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- UNALIEN
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 3:56pm
  These people are not stupid in the conventional sense, they are brainwashed. Hitler brainwashed a very intelligent nation, it can be done if you follow the right strategy… control the culture and subvert individualism
  
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- desertspeaks
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 4:10pm
  global warming caused obama!?!? :P
  
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- tonypro
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 4:14pm
  I don’t even know how to respond to this level of stupidity.
  
  The sad thing is all of the mindless, thoughtless, dumb@$$#’s will be out repeating what this idiot said.
  
  @john1776 Thanks for the laugh, I needed that.
  
  @ UNALIEN On the nose. Brainwashed drones, that are no longer capable of having their own opinion, as their opinion is already dictated to them.
  
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- orionreplay6607
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 4:47pm
  I have often believed without a shred of doubt that if the media/Hollywood say something enough times and with enough emotion, the vast majority of Americans will believe it without doing independent research for themselves. It must be true because it is on all the television channels. It must be true because People magazine is covering it. It must be true because [big name actor] says it is.
  
  What makes me laugh the most about all the Hollywood types coming out for Global Warming or Gun Control? They are paid actors. They ACT for a living. How can you take them seriously for even the briefest of moments?
  
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- TheDHndrsn
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 4:50pm
  Well said, indeed. If you follow Rabbi Lapin, he argues then concludes that Liberalism and Progressivism comprise a religion onto itself, and an evil one at that. Have you considered how strikingly similar progressives are to ancient Egyptians? Both are henotheists, worshipping the best positioned to affect the desired outcome of any particular moment in time. The most important god of 2013 is The One, creator of the Great American Transformation. Tomorrow, we will welcome some other soothing tyrant reaching out to the low information masses with yet another brainless, unrealistic, and unsustainable propagandist’s pipe dream designed to placate some primal, emotional void while fitting into a 30-second sound bite. It is no longer arguable truth, but reasonable, objective fact that the Progressive / Liberal operatives in Washington are unambiguous enemies of this nation as founded. Their acolytes in the media and the ever-ignorant congregation are but simpletons and idiots, lost without daily religious feeds from the nouveau testament books of American Idol, TMZ, David Letterman and Entertainment Tonight.
  
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- Anamah
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 5:48pm
  Your comment is so good that I would like to ask your permission to use it elsewhere! It is time to end liberal nonsense. The endless stupidity the mainstream media is enforcing…Government is the reflect of public idiocy… and our society, our entire country is at risk, is going to die of severe clueless.
  
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- SendTheMeteors
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 7:35pm
  First the article said Nye “didn’t see fit” to correct the CNN person, but, funny, they don’t show his response. Looks like selective editing to me. Why comment on his response, but not show it?
  
  Second, if you actually do want to see Nye respond to a clueless FOX anchor, who seemed to the lunar volcanic activity disproved global warming, watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThZsjQatWDs
  
  Third, several posters here suggest that climate change is an issue based on politics, brainwashing and so on. It’s not, it’s about science. Unalien talks about “reason and logic” but doesn’t acknowledge that there is all but universal consensus among climate scientist and people in related fields that climate change is happening and that the human race is contributing. When you are unable to even recognize the virtual universal acceptance of that idea among people capable of understanding the issue, and instead blame “brainwashing,” you are the one who has been brainwashed.
  
  http://www.skepticalscience.com/global-warming-scientific-consensus.htm
  
  “…the debate on the authenticity of global warming and the role played by human activity is largely nonexistent among those who understand the nuances and scientific basis of long-term climate processes”
  
  The people who disbelieve climate change are almost always political pundits, who know little more than Unalien or that FOX person in my link.
  
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- IndyGuy
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 7:57pm
  It’s CLS……….Chicken Little Syndrome…
  
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- UNALIEN
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 8:37pm
  SENDTHEMETEORS
  
  Sorry, you are the indoctrinated ideological propagandist that I speak of.The term consensus is not a scientific one , it is political and any legitimate scientist or individual learned in reason and logic knows that it is fallacy. “Manmade global warming” is a valid hypothesis, scientifically unproven and elevated through the lens of politics and ideology to advance an ideology and rewards those that promote it.
  
  So, explain in your own words, the scientific fact that convinced you humans are causing the Earth to warm through Co2 emissions to destructive levels… or are you just brainwashed..
  
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- SendTheMeteors
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 9:45pm
  UNALIEN, you’re asking me to describe the evidence for climate change in 1000 words or less? I provided you with some nice links, and there’s plenty of information out there written by scientists – not Rush Limbaugh where you evidently get your science. But you want me to explain it to you instead?
  
  I don’t think you do. If you wanted to try to understand climate change – despite your lack of knowledge of physical sciences – you’d have read more, instead of getting your science from FOX news broadcasters or uneducated AM radio hosts. You’re thoroughly brainwashed, but, to give you credit, you may lack the knowledge to actually understand the issues. That seems to be the case.
  
  Perhaps if you learned something about climate change, then there would be a particular finding of climate scientists you disagree with. That at least would show you aren’t totally brainwashed by and Rush Limbaugh and have some glimmer of learning, logic or reasoning.
  
  I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you don’t have the knowledge of physical science to understand the issues.
  
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- UNALIEN
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 10:15pm
  SENDTHEMETEORS
  
  case closed, I have read and understand the science, you haven’t got clue what it is,, why… you are just ideological propagandist and every time I have asked for an explanation from your cult, I get either, ad hominem attacks, crickets or Neo-Malthusian dogma, but never any science,, WHY, there isn’t any beyond hypotheticals…
  
  It is clear that you can’t explain why you think as the thoughts in your head aren’t your own. Now that you are aware of the possibility, sitting alone in the corner of Starbucks sucking your Venti checking your Progressive propaganda websites, try asking yourself if you want to spend the rest of your life as a drone. It is your choice,,, the world of reason and logic is only an admission away.. GOOD LUCK
  
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- JohnofOregon
  Posted on February 10, 2013 at 10:17pm
  You cannot explain it in 1000 words or less because the furors talking points are more. When Enron commercialized the idea, it was much more expansive than that. To be able to create private taxation for profit…wonderful !
  
  There are several texts on the subject that are not corporately and governmentally financed, that are pretty informative. Try reading or taking a couple of classes.
  
  I will leave you with one clue, why are snow levels so high in Russia but moderate in Canada over the last decade ? Keep in mind global temperatures have fallen over the last 16 years since the 1997 anomaly.
  
  Oh, and bill nye is a bit of a laughing stock. He “studied mechanical engineering” he does not have the degree. He has a bs in communication. I studied “”electrical engineering” , doesn’t mean I have that degree.
  
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- Miami
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 1:25am
  SendTheMeteors
  
  First of all mediamatters, really
  
  I saw the interview and they cut off where Bill Nye was making the point that volcanic eruptions were caused by Global warming / Climate change, so the anchor posed the question What had caused the on the moon if SUV weren’t around…? I’m betting as a joke? But that would go over your head as much as it went over Bill Nye’s.
  
  Too assume that earth’s atmosphere or geology is the same as Venus or the Moon is not very bright. And have not been paying very much attention to our exploratory missions to either. http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/chronology_venus.html
  
  here is an Earth’s core you can understand http://www.kidsgeo.com/geology-for-kids/0020-crust-mantle-core.php
  
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- Dismayed Veteran
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 11:00am
  Yep. Global warming was the first thing I thought of when Nemo hit. That warming sure leaves a lot of snow. (sarcasm)
  
  How can anyone be this stupid? A box of rocks performs at a higher level. A door knob can carry on a more productive conversation.
  
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- SendTheMeteors
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 11:23am
  UNALIEN, nice try but you’re transparent. Perhaps you can explain to me in 1000 characters or less what evidence for global warming you disagree with and why. Then we’d have a basis for discussion.
  
  And explain too why anyone should listen to you given you have exactly no educational background in science and how you and Rush understand the issues better than those who are, you know, experts on the subject.
  
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- bonesiii
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 11:33am
  Unalien, very well said.
  
  SendTheMeteors (irony!):
  “talks about “reason and logic” but doesn’t acknowledge that there is all but universal consensus”
  Are you still not aware that “consensus” is NOT part of logic? That is the fallacy of Ad Populum or appeal to the majority. Anyways, by now the “white lies” of the anthrowarmists have been thoroughly exposed. They didn’t really hold to those views anyways, so the consensus was apparently mostly fake. It was intentional deception. And you know it. This doesn’t come from Rush Limbaugh, though he’s one of the few that has been honest about it — it comes from the deceiving scientists themselves. Please research East Anglia (probably you’re well aware of it already, but for some reason you don’t care about the truth?).
  
  Actually, I would wager that the deception that’s been exposed is actually just a tiny percentage of how much has been perpetrated… Thankfully there was at least one bold whistleblower for this one. Just think of how much else may have been perpetrated.
  
  If you don’t believe me that this could be widespread, notice the admission from Lewontin here:
  http://creation.com/evolutionary-stasis
  “Scientists, like others, sometimes tell deliberate lies, because they believe that small lies can serve big truths.”
  “Truths”, of course, referring to the liberal “make your own reality” kind of subjective ‘truth’ that is really just self-deception.
  
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- UNALIEN
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 12:05pm
  SENDTHEMETEORS
  
  look dude, your adolescent Marxist games don’t work. It just proves that you are an ideologue.. You had the opportunity to express WHY you think and you CHOSE to run and hide like a child.. I studied the science and found no proof of AGW,, So, what convinced you, in your mind, that AGW is a fact and destructive, you don’t have to detail the science, just explain your logic… drones don’t use logic, they just follow the ideological narrative, where reality is directed and controlled externally and accepted without any critical evaluation…..
  
  So, what logic has convinced you that AGW is a fact and dangerous to humanity.
  
  WE are just trying to free you people from your cult… to become free individual critical thinkers…
  
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- Hard
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 1:30pm
  You nailed it. Liberalism is a glorification of idiocy.
  
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- SendTheMeteors
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 7:53pm
  Unalien, run and hide? I’ve responded to all your posts. And you want to free me and the 95% of climate scientists and people in related fields who believe in AGW? You’ve got brass, I’ll admit.
  
  When I read post like yours I”m reminded of a study I read once. Children were given tests on certain skills and then and then asked how well they did. In general, the children who did the worst on the tests judged that they had done very well on the test, and the opposite was true for the more knowledgeable kids. The poor performers had no basis for judging how little they knew. You can’t even give a single idea of evidence for AGW you disagree with, while judging yourself more knowledgeable than than people who actually understand the issues. Classic.
  
  The problem with explaining the issues with you is that there is no basis for discussion (especially since you refuse to give any). You have to understand greenhouse gasses (something understood for the last 150 years), the fact that humans are putting close to 9 billion metric tons into the Earth’s razor thin atmosphere, feedback mechanism such as the reduced albedo of the Earth from melting ice, that warmer oceans mean more evaporation of water vapor (also a greenhouse gas) and so on.
  
  There’s no basis for discussion. If you don’t know algebra, you aren’t going to understand calculus. Naturally, the less you know, the easier to imagine you know everything. Just like the kids in that experiment.
  
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- bonesiii
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 9:05pm
  “The poor performers had no basis for judging how little they knew.”
  Sadly you have described yourself, Send…
  
  The fact is that the “evidence” for anthrowarming was -faked-. It was outed, Send. In reality, global temperatures have varied. In recent years they have gone down. Every major “scientific” prediction of the warmers has proven false.
  
  You have a beginner’s understanding of the global climate. That is awesome, but the saying is very apt for you, “A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.” I’ve often noticed this pattern in people like you; you study just enough to feel more knowledgeable than the average layman, and you leap to the assumption that your conclusion (which will tend to just happen to be whatever is the “populist” or liberal one, uncritically) is true. Yet you have failed to consider countless other factors, so your prideful boasting is not warranted.
  
  The best science we have appears to show that manmade global warming is simply not occurring, aside from a possible change that is so slight the sun will more likely explode before it would become a problem. Worse, the major alleged engine of it, carbon dioxide, is grossly misunderstood (long story short, it sinks when its temperature normalizes, and fosters greater plant growth to compensate, balancing it out).
  
  Ultimately, the clearest disproof goes back to the fact that it was faked. If it was real, they would have used real evidence.
  
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- UNALIEN
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 9:16am
  SENDTHEMETEORS
  
  Very convincing, if your in the 4th grade or a drone…
  
  The GHE is legitimate and the increase in CO2 from humans is true, the rest is hypothesis, though valid it is not proof of AGW. It is theory, the problem lies in the general field of climate science, It isn’t a hard science, and people who go into the field tend to be ideological leftist and believe in AGW prior. So, the bias is pro AGW, ask a realtor if it a good time to buy a house, YES, always. So expert consensus is a fallacy. However, how does “climate science” work, data is collected, shared and theories are created to fit the data or the data is created to fit the theory. Hypothesis are developed, but since there is only one Earth, you can’t do a scientific experiment that proves AGW. How did the hypothesis get elevated to fact. Correlation between CO2 and temperature rise was used to claim causation, A fallacy. 99% of the atmospheric gases are Water Vapour and Nitrogen, 0.036% is CO2, How much of that is Manmade? insignificant. The other error is found in the IPCCs mandate, they only look at human-induced, they ignore all other sources of climate effects.It isn’t science it is propaganda… the logical flaw is taking a single minor variable out of a complex and dynamic system and attributing cause base on assumptions and correlation or hypothesis.
  
  Can you explain the science that proves the tiny amount of human CO2 causes warming and all other factors don’t affect the climate.
  
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- bonesiii
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 11:35am
  “Correlation between CO2 and temperature rise was used to claim causation, A fallacy.”
  Just to elaborate on that for anyone reading along, as a logician. Specifically the fallacy is “false cause”. It is the assumption that because X happens, and then Y happens, this proves X caused Y. This is one of the absolute most important fallacies for scientists to realize. Nearly the whole scientific method is specifically designed to avoid making this mistake, but it was NOT applied by AGW promoters, including the “scientists” who supported it.
  
  Prior to the anthrowarmers were the anthrocoolers, let’s not forget, and they also had records of CO2 rising, accompanying a -drop- in temperature. They took this false cause correlation to mean the opposite of the anthrowarmers, but they both made the same mistake. And now, even as CO2 has continued to rise, global temperatures have gone down again.
  
  Also, known C02 outputs from human technology is a miniscule percentage of what is actually contributing anyways. Most of it is from natural sources, beyond our control. We could abandon all of our technology, breathe out into tanks to collect it and send the CO2 to Mars rather than our atmosphere, slaughter all the cows (lol), and even still, a volcano could erupt spewing more of it at once than we could have imagined, and it’s all for naught.
  
  Bottom line is, it’s not worth worrying about or ruining our economy over. Period.
  
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- SendTheMeteors
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 8:05pm
  UNALIEN, you’ve at least started to make sense. You’ve gone from saying the evidence for AGW is all propaganda to saying saying the evidence “does not prove” AGW. That’s an improvement. Good for you. However you still say that “people who go into the field [climate science or related fields] tend to be ideological leftist and believe in AGW prior. Of course, you just made that up out of thin air – shame on you. And it shows your bias that the +95% of scientists who disagree with you on this issue only do say because of their liberal bias. That’s false.
  
  You say climate science isn’t “hard science.” What does that mean? Is astronomy not a hard science because we can’t create stars of different masses and observe their evolution over a few billion years? Is meteorology not a “hard science” because we can’t predict when and where each raindrop will fall? Is geology not a hard science because we can’t create worlds with different amounts of the different elements and see which form a solid land surface and which don’t?
  
  You can’t “prove” anything in science UNALIEN. You seem to have abandoned the idea that the climate isn’t actually changing. That’s good. You seem to understand that releasing the billions of tons of CO2 into the atmosphere will effect the climate, but you think the effect is insignificant. Good, you’ve gotten that far. You seem to understand feedback effect like increased water vapor in the atmosphere. You’re getting th
  
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