Comment Re:Lots of weird crap coming out of Congress latel (Score 1) 517
Are we to ignore those years when the information wasn't available and those opinions and positions were formed?
The information wasn't available 25 years ago for the simple reason that this was a different line of research that would happen in the future. I'm sure there will also be a lot of research going on 15 years from now but that doesn't mean we can't draw any conclusions now.
No one was trying to create or shape public law with Rosetta probe photos. No one was or is trying to take freedoms away with them either.
That is irrelevant since nobody forces you to shape public law with CRU's research either. You're perfectly free to completely ignore CRU even exists, and the relevant scientific landscape won't change.
Nobody cares about when you found religion. It's not important and others not finding it at the exact same time is not important either.
If you're calling accepted research performed by multiple independent parties over many decades as "religion", it's obvious 1) where you stand and 2) that any reasonable discussion with you is out of question. Is evolution "a religion"? Is general relativity "a religion"? What kind of science isn't "a religion" to you?
It appears we cannot because you cannot even stay on topic in the first place.
The topic you raised was people (those "skeptics" you talked of) unqualified to make judgments on that affair because they lack either the necessary knowledge, intellect, or both. (And if not, pray tell, what else was the topic?)
Hell, the fact that there had to be an investigation and declaration by multiple sources proves my point
That's like arguing that just because a person had to go to court to face charges proves the prosecutor's point. It's utter rubbish.