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mckoss on May 6, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Bertrand Russell’s 10 Commandments for Teachers

A good reminder that scientific thought and "authority" are often at odds. I try to keep this in mind when I hear statements that x% of scientists are purported to "believe" in anthropogenic global warming.

MaysonL on May 6, 2012 [–]

As opposed to looking at all the varieties of evidence which point to (almost certainly largely anthropogenic) global warming?

MaysonL on May 7, 2012 | [–]

For example: http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/early-bloom.html

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