I gave up after the 3rd paragraph. So much anger. It just sets the reader up to expect that the rest of the article will be biased.
Why write an article this way? If the data is really on your side, just present it.
Why write an article this way? If the data is really on your side, just present it.
As in Theory of Evolution, or Theory of Gravity? I think you meant "hypothesis" or "conjecture".
I don't want to put words in your mouth; I'm frustrated by the widely varying possible meanings of the word "theory" that makes some discussion more confusing than need be.
A theory, in the general sense of the word, is an analytic structure designed to explain a set of observations.
A Law is a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
Laws are predicated on reproducible experiments. An idea is a theory before the experimental evidence is amassed and confirmed.
http://www.crichton-official.com/essay-stateoffear-whypoliti...
Scary things lie at the end of that road if they are unsupported by the evidence. Unfortunately, all the evidence points to anthropogenic climate change.
Why not get angry at China, India, and Africa, all of whose people aren't going to spend 5 seconds worrying about "global warming" when it means never becoming modernized? The answer is straightforward: China, India, and Africa are not political opponents of global warming fetishists.