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CMV Being a skeptic is not the same as being a denier

I have a science background as well as economics, I have a solid understanding of how dangerous it can be to use models as facts, how difficult it can be to collect valid and reliable data and to make reliable inferences.

I'm tired however of when I ask any kind of question, online or in person about climate change that I'm looked at with disgust.

I think being a skeptic makes the science better, it makes the interventions stronger and it refines the communication.

The following I think are incredibly important questions to ask and any climate activist should be doing everything they can to strengthen their arguments:

1. Climate change is real - My question would be to define climate change, what it is, what caused it, what are the models saying and at what level of confidence.
2. We need to act on climate change - What is you would like to do, who will do these things, who will pay for these changes and what would these changes achieve.

I am not a denier - I am a skeptic and you should be too.

CMV

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\*Update\*

Awesome discussion. Some very passionate people who are willing to give their time to help others understand climate change. Some of you have questioned my intentions with (I think) the assumption I have low level of understanding and I'm looking to reject. I'm already of the opinion that I will be moving my family off grid within 10 years based on a range of environmental factors and that the question I have are to go from 'good' understanding to 'pretty damn sharp'. 

Based on the deltas I've given I feel I would be comfortable in saying having questions about climate change and being of a confrontational and inquisitive nature is different to identifying as a skeptic. Asking questions takes correct context and nuance.

When I ask what are the models saying and at what confidence - I want to know what part of the world I should be living in with a solid degree of confidence. 

When I ask what would you like to do - I want to know your plans, I know mine, I want to know what Elon Musk and Bill Gates have planned.
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In a scientific setting I'd completely agree with you.  

In a court of public opinion, not so much.  Public opinion can be changed from acceptance to denial simply because someone asks questions.  Even though the person asking questions isn't denying anything nor trying to change the public opinion.  

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I agree that a lot of these climate activists don't have a clue what they're on about.  But they should be educated in a proper setting, not in the media.  Media sucks at educating people.