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https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Roy_Spencer

> Dr. Roy Spencer, Ph.D.[3] is a climatologist at the University of Alabama in Huntsville and a crank with a major persecution complex. His favored form of pseudoscience is global warming denial, though he has also become known as a proponent of Intelligent Design.

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Is that meant to be a rebuttal? You realize that I'm citing data, not even personal opinions?

It's hilarious that the website is called "rational wiki" by the way. Replies like yours are why we must not geo-engineer the earth. The sort of people who insist it's necessary can't handle data and fall back to ad-hominem, so should not be listened to.

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Yep, it is a rebuttal. Climate cranks and their misuse of questionable data should not be taken seriously. Relying on them in your arguments, quoting and defending them is likewise an instant credibility fail.

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Rational wiki are well known cranks therefore you should not cite them for anything. There, done, you have no possible answer to that. Do you now wish to address the actual data?

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> Rational wiki are well known cranks

Incorrect, they do not fit the criteria. Their pages are extensively sourced and annotated, as is the about section of their site, and the Wikipedia article about them

and while we're at it:

> Spencer holds contrarian views on climate change and intelligent design. These views are rejected by the scientific community.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Spencer_(meteorologist)

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I disagree, they're clearly cranks. It's ad hominem all the way, they're authoritarian sandwich board wearers.

But really, so what? We can't agree on that because it's so subjective, and who cares what some rando Wikipedia editors think? They've got no credibility. That's why you have to drill down to the data, the science, in order to resolve disputes. Spencer provides extensive sources, like the raw data I cited already, he has a long career in publishing scientific papers on climatology. If you think the data I cited is wrong, step up and argue that.

Just face it, you're totally beaten here. Faced with data and evidence compiled by an actual expert, you retreat to "I found some website that tells me to ignore him" because you can't handle the complexity and worldview challenge that comes with the truth: climatology is as far from settled as can be, its central theories are contradicted by actual data (which is why they have to constantly rewrite the history of global temperatures), and the people telling you otherwise are lying to you. It sucks, I know. It sucked for me too when I found this out. But it's true, and sticking your fingers in your ears yelling "wiki says no" won't make it go away. Those are the tactics of children.

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> who cares what some rando Wikipedia editors think? They've got no credibility.

Sadly, this is where we are on the modern internat. People can pick their truth and if it's a ... ah, "a niche truth" then it's easy to dismiss other interpretations with "clearly Wikipedia is mainstream fake news!!" etc.

> sticking your fingers in your ears yelling "wiki says no" won't make it go away. Those are the tactics of children.

For some people, every accusation is a confession.

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Thanks for that reasoned reply

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Is that sarcasm? That's a 100% oblivious reply.