Their tendency to rely heavily on appeals to authority, e.g., “the science is settled”.
...when countering the equally generic claim that the science is not settled.
Specific criticisms receive specific replies; generic criticisms receive generic replies—not because more specific replies aren’t available, but for the tactical reason that a generic criticism is trivial to generate whereas a specific reply to a generic criticism is exhausting to generate.
...when countering the equally generic claim that the science is not settled.
Specific criticisms receive specific replies; generic criticisms receive generic replies—not because more specific replies aren’t available, but for the tactical reason that a generic criticism is trivial to generate whereas a specific reply to a generic criticism is exhausting to generate.