[alexeisadeski3]

Funny thing.

Everyone here compares climate denial to other left wing bugaboos: 'creationism' 'ancient science' 'earth is the center of the universe'

So why not compare to things where the left wing is wrong?

Why not say, "if we're not going to give equal time to one thing where science is settled (climate change), we also shouldn't give equal time to..."

1. Economic fact: Minimum wage hurts low earners

2. Economic fact: Free trade is almost always good

3. Economic fact: Unions hurt the poor

So is climate change really something you care about, or is it just another tool to be deployed in the left-right debate?

The left brings climate change - their settled science - the right brings anti union policies - their settled science. Each side has heterodox scientists, each side has the vast consensus of professionals on their side. Yet only one topic gets a zillion upvotes on HN, only one topic gets extensive coverage on our favorite media aggregators.

I wonder why.

[peterashford]

I've seen argument and published studies against (1) so you're not off to a good start. These are clearly not points of view that would get 97% of economists agreeing on, are they?

Also, economics is not a science.

[sampo]

Is there anything that 97% of economists would agree upon?

[waps]

Plenty of blogs say climate science is not a science. Climate scientists say otherwise.

Plenty of blogs say economics is not a science. Climate scientists say otherwise.

What exactly differentiates one statement from the other ? Aside from the fact that one is popular opinion and the other is not (although that's debatable and differs by person and by region).

[true_religion]

I'm not really sure I'd hold economics to the same standards as physics.