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| Author: | Tim the Plumber [ Sun Sep 16, 2012 6:40 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Has any of this Internet Discussion Changed Anyone's Min |
Surely it's not a matter of where the warming has come from but where it could go at worst. According to the IPCC that's about 3.2(?) degrees by 2100. That would cause a less than 2 foot sea level rise. I don't see the need for panic. |
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| Author: | Wayne Stollings [ Sun Sep 16, 2012 8:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Has any of this Internet Discussion Changed Anyone's Min |
To answer the first question posed in the thread, I had to do a lot of thinking about it since I have been doing it for nearly two decades on some version of this forum. My views have been changed by these discussions over that time. In the case of a position based on science and evidence it has more often been the change against a position with obviously slanted claims. In the positions I have researched to form a conclustion outside of the internet discussion, I have not been swayed, however, I have convinced others to change their position based on the evidence I presented. In the discussion of both human and animal rights, economic theory, and politics the opinion is often guided more by the reasonableness of the discussion. I have learned as a moderator, that even the worst opposition to my position deserves the same considerations and when given them will institute a real discussion. I have not changed a position, but I have learned a lot about myself and others that plays a factor in the process of researching now. I did oppose the Animal Rights movement initially because of the radical actions to support an illogical position. I supported Animal Welfare instead. That has not changed, I still oppose the more terrorist actions and the illogic of the position, but I have learned to respect some of the people involved because of the way they lived their position. I think that was a significant change we can all hope to acheive in such discussions. Tolerance is a good change in most cases. |
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| Author: | Bored Wombat [ Sun Sep 16, 2012 11:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Has any of this Internet Discussion Changed Anyone's Min |
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