[asa] Re: Secular Albedo changes.

On Jun 25, 2008, at 7:28 AM, David Opderbeck wrote:

> This is great -- both the climate alarmists and the climate skeptics
> are acting like YECs! Everyone who disagrees with me is a YEC! You
> don't like my views on local property taxes -- you're a YEC! You
> don't like what I ordered for breakfast -- you're a YEC! My tie is
> ugly -- you're a YEC!
>
>

There is a subtle difference between the two "accusations". One is
that YEC and ID shop for evidence. That's unfair in my opinion as I
see no evidence for this. Furthermore, we are all susceptible to
ascertainment bias. The other is they don't offer a positive theory
-- more so ID than YEC -- for their positions. My "accusation" comes
from a long time pondering of why climate change skepticism and YEC/ID
tend to go together. YEC/ID are generally skeptical of science-in-
general and thus are more comfortable shooting holes in existing
theories rather than working to improve them. My apologies to the list
for using the so's your old man argument.

Rich Blinne
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Received on Wed Jun 25 09:43:19 2008