Originally posted by Ned
Because they say there is no debate when there is one.
Because they say there is no debate when there is one.
Politicians debate it all the time -- hence reports like these.
The mainstream media, similarly, cooperates by constantly treating global warming as a "controversy" and dutifully reporting "both sides" of the issue.
It's certainly a pet netizen debate topic, and I imagine it's debated in barrooms and at socil gatherings across the land.
The only ones not debating it are scientists themselves -- because the scientific community is overwhelmingly, if not unanimously, on the same page on this one.
In short -- no one says there's no debate when there is none. If anything, "they" (politicos, pundits, media) say there is a debate when there is none, at least among people qualified to debate it.
Come to think of it, what this reminds me of almost exactly is America's sad, sorry relationship with evolution. Politicians turn it into a debate, the media turns it into a controversy, but scientists just shrug and move on, in spite of the few crackpots in their ranks who aren't on board.
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