dangerous to paint with a broad brush

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Submitted by ben (United States), Feb 7, 2012 15:55

Different disciplines are easier to predict than others. Professional athletics is far from an exact science, and there is still much that is not understood in economics. However, making the argument that because we have trouble picking a super bowl winner means that experts on Climate are not able to say that global warming is real devalues the views of any expert. I realize you did not write this, and likely don't think it, but that anti-intellectualism of the far right knows no bounds. By painting with a broad brush and brushing off the wisdom of all experts just because a few were wrong, in cherry picked cases, does not strike me as being so persuasive an argument.

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