Sunday, November 6, 2011
Friends of Science and How to talk to a climate skeptic
The purpose of both these sites is to argue one side of the climate change debate. Friends of Science is a site that aims to blame the Sun for any climate change occurring while How to talk to a climate skeptic supports the more mainstream, environmentalist argument for a human cause for climate change. The Friends of Science have used more links to outside sources and focus on scientific evidence more then other's opinions of the evidence. The other site uses more inside sources and supplies articles for arguments of the scientific facts provided. It also provides more defensive information for every possible argument that the opposition raises. If I did not have any knowledge of the climate change issue, I would find the Friends of Science site more persuasive. It appears to have more science related information. Although I understand their information serves to support the view that its contributors hold, the site also appears to have less of an agenda when a viewer takes their first glance. I think the only way to evaluate the scientific evidence of the information on both sites is to consider their source. If the source is known to provide skewed information or the website choose only select information from the source then I would be more skeptical of their claims. The only way to really make sense of the claims is to use your experiences with the environmental changes and knowledge of climate information to evaluate the site.
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