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| Jan 19, 2010 6:41 pm |
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re: re: re: The Reality of Climate Change |
Thomas Holford
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John Stephen Veitch sayeth:
> Your two strong points Thomas were:
> "This is more government control, that fact demonstrated by the intention to tax carbon use."
> And the point you've just made: "That climate change is happening, but "there is no convincing evidence that it's caused by human activity."
Actually, the core scientific issue is: "there is no convincing evidence that [global warming] is caused by human activity."
Or, to formulate this as a classical debate proposition:
RESOLVED, human activity is a significant cause of global warming.
For the AFFIRMATIVE: John Stephen Veitch
For the NEGATIVE: Thomas G. Holford
Opening statement for the AFFIRMATIVE: (to be determined)
Opening statement for the NEGATIVE: "The burden of proof is on the AFFIRMATIVE proposition, and the AFFIRMATIVE position has not provided compelling, unambiguous evidence based on the scientific method and sound epistemological principles that human activity is a significant cause of global warming."
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