[gitrog]

Science is specifically not just using "common sense", what are you talking about?

And no, I don't need to buy into the idea of climate change at all to take the contents of the article at face value.

[eisbaar]

So you are taking the contents of the article at face value, but somehow I am the silly person doing mental gymnastics?

Common sense is essentially how people think. Scientists are also people. If claims don't add up or data is missing to support a claim, common sense can be used to spot it.