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Re: Brain differences - Liberal vs Conservative

Postby Yanoda » Sun Apr 17, 2011 6:40 pm

mrjamwin wrote:Saywer your own hyporcrisy is evident. You could never debate anything with an American Consverative because you couldn't answer the factual truths to a debate and would rely totally on emotion.

One recent example discrediting your above sentence: April 8, 2011, R-Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl said that abortion services comprise 90% of Planned Parenthood. Despite the actual numbers being 3% and a spokesman for Sen. Kyl says that his remark was "not intended to be factual a statement."
mrjamwin wrote:I'm sorry Matt, but not all peers in the scientifice communtiy agree only those peers who want to believe in global warming because with faking it.

The sentence was a little confusing... either way. Belief in something is generally not things that blend well with the Scientific Community. I don't know where the assumptions are that the majority of scientists are against Climate Change or that they believe in Climate Change. Each scientific field has some direct (meteorologist & geologist for example) and indirect (Ecologist) studies on Climate Change and it generally accepted that Climate Change (Global Warming as sub category) is part of the Earth's History. The proper term for your stance should be: Anthropogenic Climate Change. Meaning that your view is that humans have no effect on the climate of the planet in the past and future, so we should not worry about it and continue with our current lifestyle. Right?
mrjamwin wrote:These scientist would never have a paycheck and I'm not going to spend my time using Wikipedia which is not a true factual based informative website.

Several scientists indeed do not receive paychecks for their research, some doing it for fun/hobby to help out with the research regardless of their views on Climate Change. Wikipedia was never intended to be used a scientific source, but it can give one a short over view and help with the general concepts and simple understanding of Climate Change. In turn, no wiki should be used as a source for facts, that includes other wikis like Conservapedia (which is even less factual).

@ Niterunner81: Every slightest decrease in temperature disproves Climate Change (in your terms Global Warming)? These are short term variables, most temperature readings are done with averages over a year up to several decades. The problem with using chemicals on crops is that it inadvertently affects not only insects but animals as well. As the chemicals get absorbed through the ground (by rain), they can be transported to areas we would generally not want them to go. For example into underground aquifers where we get our drinking water, or into lakes/rivers where fish, birds and mammals can be affected. Some households do not wash fruits/vegetables prior to consuming them, inadvertently ingesting these chemicals. Organic farming hopes to reduce these effects by avoiding these harmful chemicals and using more natural forms to protect the crops.
burzerker wrote:If you look at the so called UN group on climate change you can see that the "scientists" that are involved in it for the most part aren't even climate scientists. Try looking at what Richard Lintzen has to say on the subject, his credentials are hard to argue with, unlike the guy that headed the UN panel (from India I believe) who has NO background at all. CO2 is a following factor of temperature increases, not a cause. As the temp rises more CO2 is emmited from natural sources, nothing to do with what little we humans add to it. It accounts for .03% of the atmosphere, to lower that a tiny fraction would require us to live like cavemen. Everytime a volcano erupts there is more carbon emmitted than is put out by a country in a year.

Current data do imply that CO2 concentrations do follow temperature increases like influx of solar radiation over several decades or centuries can increase decomposition in Boreal ecosystems, releasing CO2. Other factors can be due to increased fires from the rise in temperatures. What we are currently experiencing is the reverse, CO2 concentrations are rising (at a much higher rate than from natural causes) before temperature increases. Also, Corpse and I mentioned the absorption spectra concerning CO2. With volcanoes contributing to CO2 emissions is true, but there is a difference. Volcanoes existed over the course of Earth's history, within the past several thousand years, the emissions of volcanoes have not changed significantly and data showing that CO2 levels before the Industrial Revolution have been mostly steady/constant. After the beginning of the Industrial Revolution is when CO2 levels have begun increasing significantly. CO2 is not the only gas that can affect temperatures, I mentioned like methane and ozone also contribute. Each of them have experiencing increases in concentrations since the Industrial Revolution. Adding them up could have an effect on temperatures.

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Re: Brain differences - Liberal vs Conservative

Postby Corpse » Sun Apr 17, 2011 6:50 pm

Any scientist that lies about their thoughts on their own field is unworthy of the term.

And Yanni, I'd have thought "anthropogenic climate change" would mean climate change caused by human activity? That seems like a pretty sensible meaning for it.
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Re: Brain differences - Liberal vs Conservative

Postby Yanoda » Sun Apr 17, 2011 7:01 pm

Corpse wrote:Any scientist that lies about their thoughts on their own field is unworthy of the term.

And Yanni, I'd have thought "anthropogenic climate change" would mean climate change caused by human activity? That seems like a pretty sensible meaning for it.

Yes, what I meant is that instead of disclaiming Climate Change, the proper term should be disclaiming Anthropogenic Climate Change. As my previous post
Yanoda wrote:Disclaiming Climate Change is like disclaiming Gravity.

Whereas you can argue against the possibility of Humans affecting the Climate.

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Re: Brain differences - Liberal vs Conservative

Postby burzerker » Sun Apr 17, 2011 7:14 pm

Climate change is a funny term to me as it seems to only be the warming part that is the source of all our supposed problems will eminate. I know the only reason that it was changed to this termais that they can't deny the fact that the last 10 years the temperature has dropped. It's all cyclical!
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Re: Brain differences - Liberal vs Conservative

Postby Yanoda » Sun Apr 17, 2011 7:48 pm

burzerker wrote:Climate change is a funny term to me as it seems to only be the warming part that is the source of all our supposed problems will eminate. I know the only reason that it was changed to this termais that they can't deny the fact that the last 10 years the temperature has dropped. It's all cyclical!

So the average temperature increases over the past century is discredited by slight decrease in average temperature in the past 10 years? Where 2005 was the highest year on record, it is simple to assume that average decade temperatures have decreased up to 2011. The previous 10 years still had higher temperatures than 20th century average temperatures. Temperatures have fluctuated constantly since we began recording temperatures and it is a given that it will continue to do so, but one cannot ignore the increasing temperature trend from the middle 19th Century to the beginning of the 21st Century.

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Re: Brain differences - Liberal vs Conservative

Postby -)G(-Sawyer » Sun Apr 17, 2011 11:51 pm

mrjamwin wrote:
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Matt-Chicago wrote:there is probably 0% chance anyone's mind is going to be changed in this thread.


You said it Matt, it's pointless and that's why I would never debate anything like this with American Conservatives. They simply don't like any idea, proposal or law that might in some why change their life style even in the smallest way. And solely relay on a blame culture, if it's not a liberal it's anther bogey man that's out to get them. :lol:


Saywer your own hyporcrisy is evident. You could never debate anything with an American Consverative because you couldn't answer the factual truths to a debate and would rely totally on emotion.


I'm sorry I make you feel that way.

I've learnt over the years and this discussion only backs up my reasons that debating with most conservative American is a waste of time, I wouldn't choose to get into a debate like that in the same way I wouldn't challenge a cripple to 100 metre dash as it's pointless.

@ Yanoda Great post man, very detailed, interesting and open minded. To me the proving of the problem is one thing to outright claim the problem is a lie and be that closed minded is ridiculous. A very old wise guy warned about people who deal in absolutes.:action-smiley-043: I live a better, cleaner life style now by using less energy, not sending everything to landfill by recycling and caring about the environment I live in and thats down awareness. I cant say for sure that the climate problem is 100% true, but if my actions and others how ever small help to inprove were we live that can only be a good thing.
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Re: Brain differences - Liberal vs Conservative

Postby Admiral_Aeka » Mon Apr 18, 2011 12:50 am

Yanoda wrote:One recent example discrediting your above sentence: April 8, 2011, R-Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl said that abortion services comprise 90% of Planned Parenthood. Despite the actual numbers being 3% and a spokesman for Sen. Kyl says that his remark was "not intended to be factual a statement.


Just to clarify this... not gonna get into the whole discussion (I have no time to waste on this)

I wanted to point out that if you count a handing a package of condoms over the counter to be the same as administering an abortion (a 2+ hour, sometimes multi-visit ordeal which involves a number of employees) then abortions do indeed comprise 3%. If, however, you take into account the profit and time which each action takes, then abortions are over 90%. (some estimates put them at 97 or even 98%, it depends on how they count the time taken for the 'procedure')

So, whereas advising a customer on the use of contraceptives and handing them 10 packages of condoms would be considered 11 actions (the extra one is for the advice given) an abortion would only be counted as one action. This is where the discrepancy comes from.

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Re: Brain differences - Liberal vs Conservative

Postby Duel of Fates » Mon Apr 18, 2011 3:47 am

-)G(-Sawyer wrote:
Matt-Chicago wrote:there is probably 0% chance anyone's mind is going to be changed in this thread.


You said it Matt, it's pointless and that's why I would never debate anything like this with American Conservatives. They simply don't like any idea, proposal or law that might in some why change their life style even in the smallest way. And solely relay on a blame culture, if it's not a liberal it's anther bogey man that's out to get them. :lol:


Quite the condescending attitude you have there. Must be rough for you when you constantly interject into the conversation with nothing much to add, other than your supposed disdain for American Conservatives.


Hey Yan, a few things that you seem to have taken the wrong way. First, pretty much all of us can agree that climate is changing. That is it's nature. It has done so far longer than humans have learned to wipe their butts. By saying that conservatives do not admit to the change is erroneous. What we dispute is the politics behind the "science".

Look, an example of what I am getting at: When I was growing up, in the 70's, the scuttlebutt was that the Earth was in for a new ice age. Many reputable scientists backed this theory and put long hours and research into it. By looking at all the data, ice core samples, fossil records, geological evidence, etc, etc, they backed away from that particular theory. They didn't throw out data that didn't fit their theory, they looked at the whole and decided, oops, maybe we were wrong. No harm, no foul.

Now we have tainted "scientists" pushing a theory of global warming? Tainted by politics, and egos. They disregard data to prove that their theory is correct. That isn't their job. And it is not the Scientific Method I was taught, oh so many years ago. And that makes for bad science. Plus you have the liberal popular media with the Al Gore out front, pushing the idea for Global Warming in order to scare the folks into spending money on ways to solve it before we become Venus.

Now I am all for clean living. I live, hunt, play and hike the woods of Northern Wisconsin, some of the prettiest forest lands in the world. I don't like seeing garbage, or junk, or chemicals being tossed into rivers or streams, lakes or ponds. It is irresponsible. I help keep it clean because I like to keep it clean for my kids and their kids to enjoy. Not because some hack politician who uses 4 times the amount of energy I do in a year, says I need to. I have to reduce my carbon footprint because Al Gore tells me to? Kiss my ass Al.

So please stop painting everyone who disagrees with popular media as dumbass hicks who don't want to admit the world aint flat.


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Re: Brain differences - Liberal vs Conservative

Postby -)G(-Sawyer » Mon Apr 18, 2011 10:33 am

Duel of Fates wrote:Must be rough for you


:lol: :lol: :lol: hardly
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Re: Brain differences - Liberal vs Conservative

Postby MATTBOMB » Mon Apr 18, 2011 1:03 pm

In my opinion conservatives suck!! :punk:
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