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by Oletros
2458 days ago
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> A climate alarmist is someone who agrees with the hypothesis that the planet is on the verge of a catastrophic climate change I have asked the OP because he has said that "I would also expect that any climate scientist who is not also a climate alarmist would have no chance of employment" implying that all climate scientists are alarmists. > A climate denier is someone who does not agree with the hypothesis of an upcoming climate catastrophe. Eh, no, a climate denier is someone that denies cliamte is changing or that the main force of change is humanity |
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Not exactly. I said that, to my knowledge, all employers of climate scientists are either on the alarmist side or on the denier/sceptic side. And I have yet to see an organisation that publishes opposing viewpoints.
That doesn't mean that climate researchers themselves are all on one side. I don't know their personal opinions, and I also think it that climate research is a field where having a valid opinion is very difficult. You can believe that a particular climate model is correct, and you can validate its prediction of the past, but you can't be sure it predicts the future accurately.
I would love to see a neutral organisation, but I have yet to find one. There are some that have a very neutral and rational tone, like the Copenhagen Consensus. But the alarmist side brands them as deniers, so I am not sure whether I can believe them either.
> Eh, no, a climate denier is someone that denies climate is changing
If you understand it literally, yes, but usually the it's about the exact impact of climate change. Nobody in his right mind can deny that CO2 has some impact. So denying means usually expecting less change.