Quote Originally Posted by S Landreth View Post

And a short video on zombie theories: One of the nation's leading climate scientists explains how he goes about knocking down the "zombie theories" that plague our discussions about climate change. What is a zombie theory? Says Shepherd: "It's one of those theories that scientists have refuted or disproven time and time again, but they live on like zombies in the blogs and on the radio stations."

^ Fantastic vid, thanks for sharing. He's spot on and knows his stuff, but I would have to disagree with his assertion that the climate change debate is not a "left right issue". It's quite clear that many conservatives are willing pawns in the denialist scheme.

We've got a few brain dead zombies on this forum who prefer to remain illiterate on this topic. No doubt they'll continue to ignore the science and spout the same denialist nonsense that the Koch brothers feed them.

How do you debate an issue with someone who chooses to be willfully ignorant?

Reckon every time they copy and paste the same denialist bullshit we just re-post Dr Shepherd's video.

He shoots down all of the most common denialist zombie theories:

"Climate Change is Natural"

"It's the sun"

"1998"

"Can't trust the climate models"

"Scientists want money"

"We've been warmer in the past"

"Arrogant to think humans can change the climate"

"It's only a few degrees, what's the big deal?"

Love the Upton Sinclair quote: "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it"

And this one gave me pause:

"Weather is your mood, climate is your personality".

^ Do you think the denialists can wrap their tiny brains around that one?