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by zahlman 1 day ago
> I question what is the value or helpfulness of continuing to doubt scientifically proven facts.

And I question why you believe that anyone here did doubt them.

> I consider dismissing widely accepted scientific results using words like "simple-minded" as pretty much the definition of snark.... In what world is calling climate attribution "simple-minded" not snark?

That is not what happened. The term "simple-minded" was not used to describe "scientific results" of any kind, nor the underlying scientific theory, nor any scientist involved. It was used to describe someone who carelessly started the fire.

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Oof. that's on me then, because I did read the parts about people making fires and smoking in the forests, but still misread this.

I'll leave the rest of what I wrote as it is.