Skeptics Would Like Media To Stop Calling Science Deniers 'Skeptics'

Layzej writes: Prominent scientists, science communicators, and skeptic activists, are calling on the news media to stop using the word "skeptic" when referring to those who refuse to accept the reality of climate change, and instead refer to them by what they really are: science deniers. "Not all individuals who call themselves climate change skeptics are deniers. But virtually all deniers have falsely branded themselves as skeptics. By perpetrating this misnomer, journalists have granted undeserved credibility to those who reject science and scientific inquiry."

Comments

Re:Oh boy, rewind to the Spanish Inquisition!

[oh_my_080980980]

Yeah because people claiming the world is warming because of man's influence haven't been laughed at....seriously pull the stick out of your ass.

" Instead, I'll consider the matter when the people who say it's a problem act like it's a problem"

You mean like scientists....how's this the military considered global warming an issue and are working on plans to account for it. Hedge Funds and investors consider global warming an issue and are developing investment strategies to account for it. Only jackasses such as yourself think it's not happening and that you don't have to do anything.

Let me guess, you don't vaccinated either.

Re:Established science CANNOT BE QUESTIONED!

[Archangel Michael]

mistakes happen

Which is why we should NEVER ever stop questioning "science". Newtonian Physics is wrong, but close enough to be functional in many circumstances.

Science should be about continuous improvement, which requires ongoing skepticism.

AGW or "climate change" is one of those things I simply do not believe is "settled science", mainly because of the huge number of variables, and the models and advocate predictions have completely been falsified. It is the modern version of Piltdown Man (once "settled science", taught at university, and people even got PhD's based on it)

Call me a denier all you want. I'm not denying the "Science" part of this (CO2). I am denying the predictive hyperbole from the likes of Al Gore, who keeps making ridiculous claims, while having a huge Carbon Footprint (carbon offsets not withstanding).

And if you are going to make fun of Fox News, great, but the real person you should make fun of is the stupid chicken littles who have been proven wrong, but continue to spew their idiocy and the climate lapdogs keep licking up.