I blame the stupid metric system. It made boiling 100 degrees, and most of the world has adopted it, so now people get confused in conversation as to which degrees are in use.
Now, why do you suppose the people who were so adamant that a few snowy days last winter meant global warming was disproved are suddenly so very, very quiet? Shouldn't they have something to say on this subject?
I don't have any idea if I qualify in your hypothetical group, but it takes a special kind of mind set to believe the climate has never changed before we started doing whatever behavior is to blame this week.
My point is to make fun of people who fall prey to a common logical fallacy. It's so common, there's even a funny name for it: "It's cold today in Wagga Wagga." It's not a formal logical fallacy; it's basically misunderstanding the definition of "global warming" in the first place, and therefore being unable to argue the point intelligently. If we have to categorize it, then, it would be "strawman" in the same sense that creationists don't know what evolution is, so they refute a bunch of stuff that isn't evolution, instead.
Having a heat wave for a short time in a very small geographical area does not mean "global warming" is happening, because "global warming" doesn't care what the temperature is in any one place at any one time.
Similarly, having a cold snap for a short time in a very small geographical area does not mean "global warming" is disproved, because "global warming" doesn't care what the temperature is in any one place at any one time
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My feeling was sort of the opposite. About 10 years ago we had a hot year, and all the global warming people went nuts, saying it was proof. The next year was cool, but on the hot days you heard the same thing. I am sure people on both sides do lots of it, reinforcement bias being a universal human tendency.
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Global warming MUST be to blame for hot weather?
I don't have any idea if I qualify in your hypothetical group, but it takes a special kind of mind set to believe the climate has never changed before we started doing whatever behavior is to blame this week.
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My point is to make fun of people who fall prey to a common logical fallacy. It's so common, there's even a funny name for it: "It's cold today in Wagga Wagga." It's not a formal logical fallacy; it's basically misunderstanding the definition of "global warming" in the first place, and therefore being unable to argue the point intelligently. If we have to categorize it, then, it would be "strawman" in the same sense that creationists don't know what evolution is, so they refute a bunch of stuff that isn't evolution, instead.
Having a heat wave for a short time in a very small geographical area does not mean "global warming" is happening, because "global warming" doesn't care what the temperature is in any one place at any one time.
Similarly, having a cold snap for a short time in a very small geographical area does not mean "global warming" is disproved, because "global warming" doesn't care what the temperature is in any one place at any one time ( ... )
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