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Is climate change real? Is climate change real?
Yes, climate change is real Yes, climate change is real
No, climate change is not real No, climate change is not real
We can't know for sure if climate change is real We can't know for sure if climate change is real
Only human emissions account for climate change Only human emissions account for climate change
All published scientific research on climate change confirms it's real All published scientific research on climate change confirms it's real
Oil companies have known for many years climate change is real Oil companies have known for many years climate change is real
Climate change models have proven very accurate Climate change models have proven very accurate
Climate change is not real because it is very cold outside Climate change is not real because it is very cold outside
The earth goes through natural cycles of warming and cooling The earth goes through natural cycles of warming and cooling
The climate and nature are just too big for us to understand The climate and nature are just too big for us to understand
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Is climate change real?
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We can't know for sure if climate change is real

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The climate and nature are just too big for us to understand

We can't really know for sure what is happening with climate change because the climate and earth systems are too complex for us to understand.
The Conversation Carl Sagan
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The Argument

We can’t truly say if climate change is real or not because nature is so diverse and facts about it change over time. Scientists haven’t explored all the depths of the oceans and there are even forests that haven’t been fully explored.

Counter arguments

Just because there’s things about nature that science doesn’t know, doesn’t mean that what scientists know now is false. There are many things that scientists have determined about nature that indicate that climate change is real, for example, the depletion of the ozone layer over the Arctic.[1]

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Premises

[P1] We can’t know if climate change is real because there are still things that science doesn’t know about nature.

Rejecting the premises

[Rejecting P1] Although science doesn’t know everything about nature, it doesn’t mean science is ignorant about everything concerning nature.

References

  1. https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/2019-ozone-hole-is-the-smallest-on-record-since-its-discovery
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