Do you agree with the statement regarding AGW deniers requiring absolute proof as being a logical fallacy?
I think it’s fair to say that everyone accepts that the notion of global warming is based on greenhouse gases retaining heat within the atmosphere. From your name I would assume you’re a physicist and as such will be aware that the physical evidence for the absorption and transmission of heat by greenhouse gases can be found at the quantum level – the most successful and powerful of all the scientific theories. People who comprehend this realise that the science behind global warming is actually quite simple and straightforward and thus they accept the global warming theory. Skeptics and deniers tend to steer well clear of exposure to the facts and the evidence. The deliberately maintain a state of ignorance as this enables them to continue their crusade. When they are exposed to the evidence the automatic response is to claim that it’s been fabricated or to move the goalposts. There are, for example, some skeptics who claim that glaciers aren’t melting and yet the evidence for this do
