[ExI] Fwd: 98% hoax

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From: extropy-chat [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of William Flynn Wallace
Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2016 11:17 AM
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Subject: [ExI] Fwd: 98% hoax

 

Will someone in the group far more advanced than I am on this issue, refute this woman's opinion?  (I do notice that the article is from Forbes - an obvious industry arm)\

bill w

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From: Mary Van Antwerp <mavah at aol.com <mailto:mavah at aol.com> >
Date: Sun, Sep 4, 2016 at 1:09 PM
Subject: 98% hoax
To: foozler83 at gmail.com <mailto:foozler83 at gmail.com> 



>…This article describes how they came to the conclusion that "98%" of scientists agree that man causes global warming. A two question, on line survey was sent to more than 10,000 scientist. The group that sent the survey then only used 77 of those scientists responses to the second question of which 75 answered "yes" and then "concluded" that 98% of scientists agree that man causes global warming. …

http://www.forbes.com/sites/larrybell/2012/07/17/that-scientific-global-warming-consensus-not/#14d1c7db1690

 

 

 

 

 

BillW, it is extremely difficult to deny that man causes global warming.  What we don’t know is how much of the observed global warming is man-caused.  1%?  10%  20%?  80%?  100%?  That part is unknown.

 

spike

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