MUST WATCH: Bill Nye's Crazy Response/Challenge To Tucker Carlson
As The Daily Wire and others reported, Nye's appearance on Carlson's hit Fox News show in February did not go particularly well (video below). The problem came down to Nye's inability to answer some very fundamental questions on the theory of man-made global warming, on which Nye presents himself as somewhat of an expert, despite not being a climatologist, meteorologist, or any other kind of -ologist for that matter.
"To what degree is climate change caused by human activity?" Carlson asked Nye. "Is it 100 percent caused by human activity, is it 74.3 percent? It’s 'settled science,' please tell us to what degree human activity is responsible." That question proved to be a bit too direct for Nye, who eventually resorted to: "100 percent! If that’s the number you want. Humans are causing it to happen catastrophically fast."
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In a 2007 book chapter, Oreskes infers that the lack of expressed dissent “demonstrates that any remaining professional dissent is now exceedingly minor.” The chapter revealed that there were about 235 papers in the 2004 article, or 25%, that endorsed the position. An additional 50% were interpreted to have implicitly endorsed, primarily on the basis that they discussed evaluation of impacts. Authors addressing impacts might believe that the Earth is warming without believing it is anthropogenic. In the article, Oreskes said some authors she counted "might believe that current climate change is natural." It is impossible to tell from this analysis how many actually believed it. On that basis, I find that this study does not support the 97% number.
Fact Checking The Claim Of 97% Consensus On Anthropogenic Climate Change
As The Daily Wire and others reported, Nye's appearance on Carlson's hit Fox News show in February did not go particularly well (video below). The problem came down to Nye's inability to answer some very fundamental questions on the theory of man-made global warming, on which Nye presents himself as somewhat of an expert, despite not being a climatologist, meteorologist, or any other kind of -ologist for that matter.
"To what degree is climate change caused by human activity?" Carlson asked Nye. "Is it 100 percent caused by human activity, is it 74.3 percent? It’s 'settled science,' please tell us to what degree human activity is responsible." That question proved to be a bit too direct for Nye, who eventually resorted to: "100 percent! If that’s the number you want. Humans are causing it to happen catastrophically fast."
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In a 2007 book chapter, Oreskes infers that the lack of expressed dissent “demonstrates that any remaining professional dissent is now exceedingly minor.” The chapter revealed that there were about 235 papers in the 2004 article, or 25%, that endorsed the position. An additional 50% were interpreted to have implicitly endorsed, primarily on the basis that they discussed evaluation of impacts. Authors addressing impacts might believe that the Earth is warming without believing it is anthropogenic. In the article, Oreskes said some authors she counted "might believe that current climate change is natural." It is impossible to tell from this analysis how many actually believed it. On that basis, I find that this study does not support the 97% number.
Fact Checking The Claim Of 97% Consensus On Anthropogenic Climate Change