I'm Not A Scientist

“I’m not a scientist” This isn't straight denial but instead a way to dodge the question but it is still used to avoid taking action. The phrase “I’m not a scientist” should be followed with something like “but I know there is broad based scientific agreement among scientists so I think we should address climate change by doing (insert preferred climate solutions here). However too often it is followed with something like I know some scientist think the globe is warming but others don’t so lets do nothing. If you are a politician you don’t have to be a scientist but you have to create policies based around the best available science and if you can’t do that then you can’t do your job and you should resign.

Global Cooling

‘It used to be Global cooling” this is based off a single Newsweek article published in 1975 that suggested that the globe might be cooling. however there was never broad based agreement among scientist that this cooling was occurring. The scientists who published the science behind this article later stated that he had made a math error during his calculations of the warming and cooling effects on the planet. Science has progressed significantly in the last 40 years but this article is still frequently cited or referenced and because of climate denial it has become the most frequently cited Newsweek article ever.