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arcane1

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14. Exactly. If the claim is offered with no proof, why should I do the work of disproving it?

Reply to Curmudgeoness (Reply #9)

Sun Dec 22, 2013, 10:56 PM

Dec 2013

In this case, it's an "opinion"piece from a "financial" website, that takes the side which offers the biggest short-term monetary gain. If it can't be bothered to back up its claims, then it's not worth debunking. Their sound-bites and pithy insults are all they have!

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Need help debunking a skeptic article [View all] LouisvilleDem Dec 2013 OP

Why do you have to debunk an opinion piece that contains no references to back up its claims? arcane1 Dec 2013 #1

True LouisvilleDem Dec 2013 #2

This would take a dissertation to debunk. Curmudgeoness Dec 2013 #3

It's the shotgun approach: make as many claims as possible, and demand every phrase be debunked. arcane1 Dec 2013 #5

That is what they always do. Curmudgeoness Dec 2013 #9

Exactly. If the claim is offered with no proof, why should I do the work of disproving it? arcane1 Dec 2013 #14

This article should help AleksS Dec 2013 #4

Indeed. It was cold recently and everyone on Facebook was calling Al Gore an asshole. arcane1 Dec 2013 #6

"Global warming enthusiasts" are upset by global warming. ... JEFF9K Dec 2013 #7

Do you enjoy playing whack-a-mole? caraher Dec 2013 #8

The famous peer-reviewed scientific journal "BBC". Curmudgeoness Dec 2013 #10

Here is an easy to understand place to start Curmudgeoness Dec 2013 #11

"Some models suggest...75 percent chance...during some of the summer months" bananas Dec 2013 #12

Or...send them the entire IPCC V report Iterate Dec 2013 #13

volume = area X thickness rickford66 Dec 2013 #15

Oneof the big problems in debunking this is truedelphi Dec 2013 #16

"Global warming enthusiast" is a figment of Solomon's imagination. Faryn Balyncd Dec 2013 #17